How to Use "Late" with Example Sentences

late (adj): coming or happening after the usual, expected or desired time

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Used with verbs:

"It is quite late."
(be: is/am/are, feels, seems)

"It is getting too late to do more work."
(be + getting, be + growing)

"She makes everyone late to dinner."
(makes)

Used with adverbs:

"He is always extremely late to work."
(extremely, fairly, very, relatively, quite)

"It is too late to do anything."
(too)

"She was a little late as usual."
(a little, slightly, fashionably)

Used with prepositions:

"She was late for work."
(for, to)

"He took up golf late in life."
(in)

"It was late into the night."
(into)

"He was three weeks late with his rent."
(with)

late (adv): after the usual, expected or desired time

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Used with verbs:

"They are arriving late."
(be + arriving, be + running, be + staying)

"She woke up late."
(woke up, slept)