Late in a sentence

He is very rare and seldom found in the late autumn.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

And now, if we are too late for dinner, I think that we are both ready for our suppers.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

I was telling Sir Henry that it was rather late for him to see the true beauties of the moor.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

It was evident to me that he had been very busy of late, for the notes which I had from Baker Street were few and short, with no comments upon the information which I had supplied and hardly any reference to my mission.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

It cannot much matter to him whether it is early or late for the orchids.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

“Hamidullah, Hamidullah! am I late?” he cried.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India

On the night of Sir Charles’s death Barrymore the butler, who made the discovery, sent Perkins the groom on horseback to me, and as I was sitting up late I was able to reach Baskerville Hall within an hour of the event.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

All afternoon and late into the evening he sat lost in tobacco and thought.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

If it were not for the late Sir Charles Baskerville and some other kind hearts I might have starved for all that my father cared.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

“I am investigating the circumstances which attended the death of the late Sir Charles Baskerville,” said he.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

It was about the late Sir Charles Baskerville that I have come here to see you.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

It might not even now be too late to overtake him, so I set off at once in the direction of Merripit House.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

We are very rich in orchids on the moor, though, of course, you are rather late to see the beauties of the place.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Great heavens, if we are too late!
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

We are too late.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

I had no opportunity to tell the baronet what I had learned about Mrs. Lyons upon the evening before, for Dr. Mortimer remained with him at cards until it was very late.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

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Usage

24 uses of ‘late’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster
16 uses of ‘late’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle

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