Sentence examples for were tardy from inspiring English sources
adjective
Late; overdue or delayed.
- He yawned, then raised a tardy hand over his mouth.
The average tardiness of those who were tardy fell from 16.75 min (5.59) to 2.0 min.
But even after the poison was found, responses were tardy.
And they were tardy in entering emerging markets.
Most of the complaints stem from what homeowners said were tardy responses from their insurance companies.
The squat-thrust penalty imposed on those who were tardy, he said, "was in no way mean-spirited, and most of the volunteers laughed it off".
Many of the LDCs freed their exchange rates and interest rates, and cut regulations on prices and markets for goods, including farm produce, though, crucially, many were tardy on financial reform and privatisation.
Humanitarian Revolution.If all these upheavals were tardier than he hoped, it was because of the Mickey Mouse copyright laws.
He did, but was tardy in arriving.
The maharajah was tardy in choosing.
I was tardy to this party.
By comparison, much of continental Europe has been tardy.
