How to Use latecomer in a Sentence

latecomer

noun
  • Latecomers had to park their cars far from the stadium.
  • The latecomer could be an old school chum; the two men appear to be the same age.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The latecomer leaned forward and rested his head and his hands on the pew in front of him.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Once the door of the apartment was closed, latecomers were no longer welcome to join.
    — Dana Hamilton, SELF, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The professor had warned that latecomers would be locked out.
    — Lisa Rennie Sytsma, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Feb. 2025
  • And the latecomer to the race has surged in national polls lately.
    — Justin Wingerter, The Denver Post, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Shortages meant latecomers would find shelves bare apart from cans of pickled seaweed.
    — Thomas Grove, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Above it all, flapping in the wind, there’s the stars and stripes, that latecomer flag to native nations.
    — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Hulu is something of a latecomer to the stand-up game among the big streaming services.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2024
  • The news follows plenty of latecomers to the battle royale genre, which all have a few things in common.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The door opened and two latecomers filed in, looking surprised at how little space was left in the classroom.
    — Hazlitt, 10 May 2023
  • Some were ejected during the early scenes in the film as latecomers entered.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Auburn was a latecomer in the race for Langham, offering three weeks ago.
    — Daniel Boyette, AL.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • And the latecomers grab it and become billionaires overnight.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The latecomers drifted away, to lick their wounds and their margarita glasses.
    — Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Dec. 2017
  • If there is a rush — a latecomer to a large party, someone who has to dash back to the office or a child — the ticket blinks.
    — Jill Wendholt Silva, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Iheanachor is a former high school hooper and latecomer to football.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Scott Leonard is no latecomer to the sustainable fashion game.
    — Gail Goldberg, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Last year’s show was so well-attended that latecomers stood behind the seating that surrounds the stage.
    — Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2023
  • Ariel and Natasha were the only twins, and as latecomers they had been assigned the highest numbers.
    — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • Michigan is a latecomer in the college football coaching carousel.
    — Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
  • But the fund lagged the market for years afterwards; the latecomers (who invested the bulk of the money) lost out.
    — The Economist, 6 June 2019
  • Or rotate dishes from the table to the fridge, and re-heat portions on paper plates (not plastic) for latecomers.
    — Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The people continue pushing in, and a latecomer grabs the clipboard.
    — Nyssa Kruse, courant.com, 12 July 2018
  • Now, latecomers who buy tickets on StubHub will pay nearly five times more for the same vantage point.
    — Abigail Gruskin, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Qatar has been a relative latecomer to the all-out influence war, but has gone on a hiring spree since early summer.
    — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Bullock, a latecomer to the crowded primary race, had been shut out of the previous debate.
    — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2019
  • But Walsh is no latecomer to these racist ideas, from his early fascist stirrings as a talk show radio host until today.
    — Indigo Olivier, The New Republic, 27 Dec. 2022
  • There’s an attempt to group us into the component voices, but people want to sit next to their friends; the balcony is a catchall for latecomers.
    — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Shueisha, the publisher, was a relative latecomer to the weekly manga scene.
    — Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025

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