Sentence examples for slightly late for from inspiring English sources

A $100m summer blockbuster about a man making people slightly late for things?

Janet is slightly late for our meeting because she and Gemma have been delivering Christmas presents to former street workers.

In her strapless gown, she walked like someone slightly late for class, just short of speed-walking.

And upon landing in New York she made a beeline for Shake Shack, devoured two burgers and promptly took a nap that had made her slightly late for a conversation about her latest film, "Rust and Bone," being released Friday by Sony Pictures Classics.

Attendance is defined as total number of half days students are present at school (including those slightly late for the morning or afternoon session e.g. due to a medical appointment).

If he is slightly late for something, tell him something like "You are always late.

I kept thinking of what Joan Didion said when she interviewed John Wayne: 'Your face is more familiar to me than my husband's.' " The guest of honor arrived slightly late, dressed for cocktails, or perhaps a red carpet, in a short black lace sheath, accessorized by stilettos, with her hair in a French twist.

"However, the economic uncertainties in Western Europe, political instability in selected Middle East and Africa (MEA) countries and the economic slowdown in Japan after the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 will likely lead to slightly late and slow deployment for Windows 7 across those regions".

He bounces out of his car, apologizes for being slightly late and offers to show me around.

(It's a Christmas story, so apologies for the slightly late notice; but your tree may still be up, and I'm told the holiday's not really over until Epiphany anyway).

Lagadec added that docking 15 minutes of pay for clocking in slightly late is "arguably a breach of the national minimum wage, which carries both criminal and civil sanctions".