How to Use tardy in a Sentence

tardy

adjective

• She was tardy to work.
• They were tardy in filing the application.
• Reyes not only was slow in the field and on the bases, but his bat looked heavy and tardy.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2022
• Walked out of the gate but ran with purpose after the tardy start.
  — Star Tribune, 30 June 2021
• Morgan has showed up in both the last two episodes—first in a tardy attempt to save June and John Dorie Sr.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
• Son gets a tardy slip but thinks he’s just won a certificate.
  — Claire Fitzsimmons, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• This tardy approach to the line scrimmage was not an issue a year ago.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 22 Sep. 2019
• As his costars got off the bus, Corden reluctantly agreed to give the tour again for the tardy star.
  — Katherine Schaffstall, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2018
• Rickard attempted to ambush Miller but was tardy against the heat.
  — Dennis Manoloff, cleveland.com, 25 June 2017
• With about 7 minutes left in the third, Griffin broke on a tardy pass along the Neshaminy sideline.
  — Aaron Carter, Philly.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• The tardiest flights were at Envoy with 70.6% on-time arrivals.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2018
• Comic-Con panel in order to kill time for a tardy Kevin Smith?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2022
• Plans to reopen have been hampered by a tardy vaccine roll-out.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2021
• Some are constantly tardy, and others never have enough of the stuff.
  — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 13 Feb. 2022
• At one point, the sisters filed at least six separate lawsuits at the same time in a bid to recoup tardy fees.
  — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2019
• Learn More Pressure is now mounting on the banks, fueled by their tardy response to the affair.
  — Peter Flanagan, Bloomberg.com, 23 Oct. 2017
• The only reason Allen played about 90 seconds more is because Markkanen was a bit tardy on the first swap.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 26 Oct. 2021
• The relay was just tardy – the 5-4-3 double play is the longest of the traditional plays – and Wilson reached first base as a tired mess.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 21 July 2019
• Its potential new owners think its tardy bell could ring again as soon as 2021.
  — Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2019
• The throw was tardy, turning a man-on-third, one-out situation into a two-on, no-out mess.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• People were less tardy with their taxes, for instance, when they were shown that most of their neighbors paid on time.
  — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
• Fifteen or 20 minutes away, enough lost time to make shift workers late to clock in and desk jockeys tardy enough to catch the eye of the dude in the corner office.
  — Aarian Marshall, Wired, 14 Dec. 2020
• Liana LeBaron was absent six times and tardy seven times, more than any other member of the council, records show.
  — Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2024
• Mary has a shopping moment of her own, but at a bridal boutique with Mary, Chrishell, a tardy Amanza, and one of her other friends.
  — Jean Bentley, refinery29.com, 27 May 2020
• The good news for my friend in his dream of being tardy for the history test is his late mother also shows up in his dreams to console him.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 2 July 2022
• But that, too, was delayed a week at one point while workers waited for a tardy steel delivery.
  — John Tuohy, Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2018
• Oden was in good company, since Gov. James Miller was also listed as tardy.
  — Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2021
• When students are late because of busing issues, they are marked tardy.
  — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 18 Nov. 2022
• Williamson zipped past the tardy Lee, got his own rebound, put up a layup, missed, Lee got that rebound, but Williamson snatched it away from Lee like a schoolyard bully and laid it in.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 23 Feb. 2020
• Or the time Robbie wore the wrong jersey during a game, participated in a cow-milking contest and lost a pant leg from a pair of jeans for being tardy one day.
  — Drew Davison -, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024