Explore Tardy through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like belated or late. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Tardy in a sentence
Tardy meaning
- Late; overdue or delayed.
- Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift.
- Ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dull.
Using Tardy
- The main meaning on this page is: Late; overdue or delayed. | Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift. | Ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dull.
- Useful related words include: belated, late, unpunctual.
- In the example corpus, tardy often appears in combinations such as: the tardy, its tardy, tardy arrival.
Context around Tardy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tardy
- In this selection, "tardy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, harold, little, axing, spring, slips and arrival stand out and add context to how "tardy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a little tardy in opening and as the tardy police investigation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tardy" sits close to words such as abdelaziz, absolutist and accrual, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tardy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Tardy and two victims were White; one was Black. (9 words)
Scattered voting issues in Pennsylvania included problems with voting machines and tardy poll workers. (14 words)
After the recent resignation of former Select Board chairperson Harold Tardy, only two board members remain. (16 words)
The tardy and attendance policy was not enforced because of her disabilities, and staff failed to address her leaving class or provide any safety monitors for her during school hours or en route to and from the bus stop, according the to the lawsuit. (44 words)
I used to spend an additional quarter on the dryer when I did my towels — but now, with summer at last making a tardy appearance, I hang my wet towels out on my patio chairs and let the sun save me the spare change. (44 words)
Eagle, though, slid through another breakup, this one of the types that came with increased risk of dynamic flooding due to a tardy spring that locked the landscape in winter cold as the days ticked on. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
After the recent resignation of former Select Board chairperson Harold Tardy, only two board members remain.
And we believe that we probably have been a little tardy in opening in those two cities.
Eagle, though, slid through another breakup, this one of the types that came with increased risk of dynamic flooding due to a tardy spring that locked the landscape in winter cold as the days ticked on.
In addition to axing tardy slips, Johnson encouraged educators, using a presentation slide that read “shame reinforces failure,” to “stop shaming kids” by asking them about their grades, the recording showed.
Just as Apple elevated fledgling smartphones it into a must-have technology in 21st-century society, the Cupertino, California, company is betting it can do something similar with its tardy arrival to artificial intelligence.
Part of the optimism stems from of releasing technology later than others and then using sleek designs and services combined with slick marketing campaigns to overcome its tardy start to unleash new trends.
Tardy had the halfway lead at the U.S. Women’s Open last year but saw victory slip away.
The danger of these court proceedings is not some very tardy pushback for all Trump's crimes but the toxic influence of the cult of celebrity and media attention.
The tardy and attendance policy was not enforced because of her disabilities, and staff failed to address her leaving class or provide any safety monitors for her during school hours or en route to and from the bus stop, according the to the lawsuit.
As the effect of the voting upon the licensing issue in December last was made apparent shortly after the poll was taken, the recent publication of the exact figures, delayed owing to the tardy.
He was not performing and he was tardy a lot and had 3 absences in January.
Minnesota, though, managed to regain its two-goal advantage through some nifty 1-on-1 dribbling from Amarilla before beating a tardy Vega.
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chairman Sam Randazzo was not mentioned by name in the company’s tardy quarterly report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Scattered voting issues in Pennsylvania included problems with voting machines and tardy poll workers.
Tardy and two victims were White; one was Black.
That Clowney did not intend to go helmet to helmet does not excuse him from wanting to deliver an unnecessary barely tardy painful message/hit.
The acquittal of the accused had generated a hue and cry in the State with various political parties and organisations coming out against what they termed as the tardy police investigation and inefficient prosecution.
The tardy approach by the Afghan government to rein in the virus would come at severe costs now.
I used to spend an additional quarter on the dryer when I did my towels — but now, with summer at last making a tardy appearance, I hang my wet towels out on my patio chairs and let the sun save me the spare change.
The ‘Don’t Be Tardy’ star closed out her glamorous beach vacation to Turks & Caicos with one last bikini photo & looked incredible.
Common combinations with tardy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the tardy 4×
- its tardy 2×
- tardy arrival 2×
- tardy and 2×
- be tardy 2×