Below you will find example sentences with "too late". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Too Late in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: too
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29 words

Words in this phrase

too late

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • too can mean: Likewise. Common word
  • late can mean: Near the end of a period of time. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a friday too late to become 1× a little too late 1× but late too late 1× coming down too late too little 1× early or too late in too 1× gestation was too late a point 1× grouchy was too late to prevent 1× it s too late to stop 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a late start 1× a union representing 1× but west ham 1× home affairs minister 1× i avoided the 1× if you haven 1×

Common sentence endings:

already too ripe 1× an old one 1× be too late 1× get something up 1× late blooming athletes 1× late for city 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

little 6× news 3× early 2× small 2× given 2× staying 2× bed 2× effort 2× proved 2× minister 2× dream 2× new 2×

Related phrases

late show far too too little too big late john too long late night too early too expensive late actor

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around too:

too little 15× too big 14× too long 12×

Just before it in the phrase index:

too intense too far too expensive too early too complicated too busy

Just after it in the phrase index:

too little too long too narrow too old too pic too seriously

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

too little too big too long too early too expensive too far

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "too late" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a friday too late to become, a little too late, little, news and early stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with late show, far too, too little, too little, too big and too long, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with too late

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

I had made a proposal - but late, Too late. (9 words)

But it’s not too late to reduce emissions — it will never be too late. (15 words)

Too early, and the fruits are too small; too late and they’re already too ripe. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Many therapies are safe and effective only when administered at just the right time and in very precise doses -- when given too early or too late, in too large or too small an amount, medicines can be ineffective or even harmful. (41 words)

A late start, uncertainty about the direction the Prussians had taken and the vagueness of the orders given to him meant that Grouchy was too late to prevent the Prussian army reaching Wavre, from where it could march to support Wellington. (41 words)

A union representing more than 5,000 Telus technicians and clerical staff across Canada says workers are being paid too little, too much, too late or not at all ever since the telecom giant implemented a new payroll system. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

Too early, and the fruits are too small; too late and they’re already too ripe.

Many therapies are safe and effective only when administered at just the right time and in very precise doses -- when given too early or too late, in too large or too small an amount, medicines can be ineffective or even harmful.

If you're staying up too late binge-watching Netflix or scrolling through Instagram in bed until the wee hours (guilty), it's not too late to save your sleep.

But it’s not too late to reduce emissions — it will never be too late.

But West Ham rallied with a fine Michael Antonio goal before Declan Rice saw an effort ruled out for offside - and Angelo Ogbonna's late effort proved too little, too late to deny Mourinho three points.

It’s too late to stop the red-carpet treatment, but it’s not too late for the prime minister to do the right thing.

Speaking to Team Mangalorean about her future endeavours, Juliet said, “It’s never too late to dream a new dream, and it’s never too late to live out an old one.

Kevin De Bruyne pulled one back late on but it proved too little, too late for City.

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South Korea scored a late consolation strike from Tottenham's Son Heung-min, but it was too little, too late for the Asian giants, who desperately needed a victory after losing to Sweden in their opening game.

A union representing more than 5,000 Telus technicians and clerical staff across Canada says workers are being paid too little, too much, too late or not at all ever since the telecom giant implemented a new payroll system.

And they’re probably coming down too late, too little and too slowly for a lot of smaller companies and the investment funds that chucked money at them over the past few years.

I avoided the news, preferring instead to do my three favorite things: Drink too much while staying up too late, chatting too loudly with dear friends.

Llamas said that although the city gave the group $500,000 late last year, it was too late.

But even with these provisos, the study’s findings are encouraging, he says, suggesting that, whatever our age, it may not be too late for us to become healthier and, if we so choose, late-blooming athletes.

Home Affairs Minister he supported a woman’s right to choose, but he would have voted against the bill on the basis that 22 weeks’ gestation was too late a point for the extra regulation of late-term abortions.

If you haven’t considered the possibilities by the late fall season, it may be too late to get started this year.

And so he died late on a Friday, too late to become the day’s story, and when it broke most news outlets had gone to bed and TV news bureaus had to scramble to get something up.

Soufriere went into defense mode as CVF upped their game, but Wilbur Moffat’s two late strikes in the 80th and 89th minutes were a little too late.

A late start, uncertainty about the direction the Prussians had taken and the vagueness of the orders given to him meant that Grouchy was too late to prevent the Prussian army reaching Wavre, from where it could march to support Wellington.

I had made a proposal - but late, Too late.

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