How to Use late bloomer in a Sentence

late bloomer

noun
  • As far as his recruiting process, Williams was a late bloomer.
    — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Somewhat of a late bloomer, most of his best seasons came after the age of 30.
    — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 21 July 2023
  • For someone who began singing at age 3, Maye regards herself as a late bloomer.
    — Melissa Errico, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Thomas is the classic late bloomer who did not really take the sport seriously until the start of his freshman year.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Pentiment puts you in the leather shoes of one Andreas Maler, a late bloomer from a well-to-do family.
    — Vulture, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Another late bloomer, the 35-year-old Brazobán has two minor league option years as well.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Schoonmaker, a former high school quarterback, was a late bloomer at Michigan.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • Lopes was a late bloomer in terms of debut age, playing his first game for the Dodgers at 27 in 1972.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Anthony Averett, a late bloomer in his fourth year in Baltimore, is now the Ravens’ top corner.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The boyhood Arsenal fan, who joined from Crystal Palace in the summer, has been a late bloomer in many ways.
    — Rob Tanner, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Wilson writes about being a late bloomer who lost her virginity at 35 and had her first orgasm (alone) at age 39.
    — Alexandra Alter, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • Wood, who turns 26 in September, is a late bloomer was too early in his development when acquired.
    — Rahat Huq, Chron, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The Yellow Jacket Lackey is the archetypal late bloomer.
    — Teddy Cahill, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • The United States, which had never played in the World Cup, is a late bloomer on the international cricket stage.
    — John Yoon, New York Times, 7 June 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • If the object accumulates more mass, the gas within the cloud will collapse and fragment, leading to the formation of stars — which would transform Cloud-9 into a late bloomer galaxy.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Everyone above him on that list is in the 3,000-strikeout club except Dazzy Vance, a late bloomer who won seven strikeout titles and wound up in the Hall of Fame.
    — Tyler Kepner, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The former South Carolina standout was a late bloomer in college, so the Panthers are hoping history repeats itself and Legette becomes a threat in his third season.
    — Mike Kaye june 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2026
  • Rooker is a bit of a late bloomer by baseball standards, coming off a 30-homer season that helped the 29-year-old become a first-time All-Star and the latest in a long line of sluggers for the A's.
    — David Brandt, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Rooker is a bit of a late bloomer by baseball standards, coming off a 30-homer season that helped the 29-year-old become a first-time All-Star and the latest in a long line of sluggers for the A’s.
    — David Brandt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Dane Brugler’s analysis Van den Berg was a late bloomer on the football field, but his 2025 tape showed a player with NFL-caliber size, traits and effort.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • 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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