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Example sentences for "late been"

  • I would withdraw a little from the gay world in which I had of late been so busy.

  • Everything had of late been going so badly, that he had lost a good deal of his confidence and self-satisfaction; but he had gained no humility instead.

  • His human soul had of late been starved, even more than his body--and that from no fastidiousness; and it was paradise again to be in such company.

  • This condition of our Treasury is not altogether new, and it has more than once of late been submitted to the people's representatives in the Congress, who alone can apply a remedy.

  • They met Tom on the like errand, but not very sanguine, for he said there had of late been an outcry against the number of reprieves granted, and the public had begun to think itself not sufficiently protected.

  • Being little inclined to sit up after our repast, we retired early to rest; our rooms, though destitute of almost every appropriate convenience, were better than those to which we had of late been accustomed.

  • I have of late been suffering a good deal with my breathing, and it has always been worst when the wind was high.

  • She had of late been watching an opportunity of procuring the re-admission of Hargrave to the presence of his mistress; but this fresh discovery had served, if possible, to widen the breach.

  • Montague, who watched her assiduously, was enchanted to perceive that she could once more smile without effort; and, in the joy of his heart, resumed a gaiety which had of late been foreign to him.

  • Hundreds of sheep-farmers have of late been ruined by having to purchase the actual necessaries for their stations on credit.

  • The rice of Siam is a superior article, and has of late been sent in considerable quantities to London.

  • William had of late been forced to lean on the lower classes, and he was not able to keep them in control.

  • The activity and violence of the preachers, which had of late been increasing, led, in the early days of August, to a serious outbreak of iconoclasm.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    common interests; great spoonful; island home; late autumn; late date; late father; late friend; late husband; late lord; late period; late summer; latent heat; later chapter; later chapters; later life; later page; later stage; later work; later works; lateral pressure; lateral view; led the; right wrist; thin coat; three hard; young animals