To be a quarter of an hour late was a crime many were guilty of, but to saunter in at nine-fifteen was tempting Fate.
He sauntered into the office three-quarters of an hour late, and began to whistle a ribald tune as he took off his coat.
Mr. President, we are half an hour late already," said the senator, hurriedly.
I never was on it but an engine gave out, and the cars was jammed, and it wasn't less than an hour late.
Fritz had prophesied truly, the train was half an hour late.
Besides which the trouble at Aschaffenburg will make the train another quarter of an hour late, if it does not stop it altogether.
Buvat went home, and found Bathilde very uneasy; he was half an hour late, which had not happened before for ten years.
You are a quarter of an hour late: where have you been?
The latter was almost anhour late by now, and jests, bald and witty, were made at his expense.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hour late" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
