lateness

Collins, for all his lateness, is still ahead of all his gay colleagues.

Bieber's team tweeted an apology for his lateness, which is perhaps a new low in the history of rock ‘n’ roll and social media.

I was sick of his lateness and his wildness and sick of all that pain.

After dark we wandered about the streets until the church-tower chimes warned us of the lateness of the hour.

Eloise's face was scarlet, while Jack pretended suddenly to remember the lateness of the hour, and started to leave the room.

If it proves unsuccessful the principal difficulty will arise from the lateness of my request.

The lateness of the hour enabled Mr. and Mrs. Eldred to come up and give a hand with the waiting and the dishing-up.

He was playing with a rosebud he had plucked from a vase near, but as unconscious of its beauty as of the lateness of the hour.