How to Use late bloomer in a Sentence
late bloomer
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Carr describes himself as a late bloomer to the jazz scene.
—Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 26 Jan. 2023
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Somewhat of a late bloomer, most of his best seasons came after the age of 30.
—Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 21 July 2023
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Fuentes’ has been successful as a late bloomer to wrestling.
—Rick Kretzschmar, Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2022
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As far as his recruiting process, Williams was a late bloomer.
—Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2022
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In a commercial sense—and only that sense—he could be called a late bloomer, but his best work is from the Eighties and Nineties.
—Christian Lorentzen, Harper's Magazine, 1 July 2022
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Pentiment puts you in the leather shoes of one Andreas Maler, a late bloomer from a well-to-do family.
—Vulture, 29 Nov. 2022
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Anthony Averett, a late bloomer in his fourth year in Baltimore, is now the Ravens’ top corner.
—Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 10 Dec. 2021
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Mezilis, a youthful 46-year-old with an unruly mop-top, was something of a late bloomer as a musician.
—Eric Adams, Wired, 17 Feb. 2021
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For someone who began singing at age 3, Maye regards herself as a late bloomer.
—Melissa Errico, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
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It’s been a meteoric rise for the East Hartford native, who former coaches say was a late bloomer.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2023
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The Hornets would be taking a chance on a player with little production in college, but Jones might be a late bloomer.
—Marcus Fuller, Star Tribune, 28 July 2021
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And yet, in the football recruiting world, he’s likely considered a late bloomer.
—al, 8 Aug. 2022
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Asha, a late bloomer working at a neuroscience lab, runs into her high school crush, Cyrus, at a funeral.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 21 June 2021
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Advertisement The ! was a bit of a late bloomer — sprouting up from the period, which along with the comma, colon and question mark had been around for hundreds of years.
—Florence Hazrat, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
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For the record, McGee's first crush could recite pi to 1,000 digits and Torres was a late bloomer who didn't start tearing it up with the ladies until high school with Sofia, his first love who died of cancer.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2023
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Wood, who turns 26 in September, is a late bloomer was too early in his development when acquired.
—Rahat Huq, Chron, 4 Aug. 2021
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Schoonmaker, a former high school quarterback, was a late bloomer at Michigan.
—Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
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Off-the-field issues have made Gregory a late bloomer, and his 2021 production slowed down the stretch amid a knee injury that required an offseason procedure.
—Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2022
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Creek was a favorite in the category this year, but the charming series (which grew in popularity every year, thanks in part to Netflix) has been a late bloomer in the eyes of Academy voters.
—Dan Snierson, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2020
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As an economic late bloomer, China must use mercantilist methods to climb up global value chains long monopolized by the West.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
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Pegula, 28, a late bloomer who overcame major hip and knee injuries early in her career, is now 0-5 in Grand Slam singles quarterfinals, losing at that stage in the last three Australian Opens.
—Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2023
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And there is Quvianaqtuk Pudlat, a gifted late bloomer who worked as a water truck driver and a sport hunting guide before moving to drawings of Sandhill and Whooping cranes sinuously flowing across the page.
—New York Times, 1 June 2022
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Williams, a late bloomer who has been developing his skills as a wing player, can make three-pointers as well as score inside, giving him the versatility to play multiple positions.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022
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