He was the most methodical, exact, and punctual of all the forward officers.
Had they all been as punctual as Jack Chase's party, the whole quarter-watch of liberty-men had been safe on board the frigate at the expiration of the twenty-four hours.
Punctual to the hour, I called on the appointed night.
If every man were as punctual as you are, the world would go like clock-work; wouldn't it?
And as for the music, I've ordered it to be here punctual at half-past five.
Each day the tray and contents were punctual in their attendance.
He was strictly truthful, punctual to his engagements in business matters, and honest in all things.
Mr. Thompson was generous in giving and punctual in paying.
The doctor was unfailingly punctual in taking his meals.
She ought to ascertain whether they are punctual at school and regular in their habits--whether their desks are neat and well arranged, and their exercises carefully executed.
At last the punctual baron observed that it was time to return home to lunch.
When I am gone I trust you will, as my confidential representative, be more punctual in the performance of your engagements.
I was punctual to my appointment, and found the fair unfortunate at the door of the hotel.
He thanked me, and I soothed his uneasiness about being punctual to his appointment by telling him that a coach was waiting, and that the fare had been paid.
As will be expected, I was punctual to the appointment.
Amerigo now again, in his punctual impatience, went out a couple of times and stood there; after which, as to report that nothing was in sight, he returned to the room with frankly nothing else to do.
He was punctual to the moment, sharply accurate in all his affairs, a shrewd psychologist but never a great talker and, above all, a consummate diplomatist.
She was a marvellous hard worker, quite fearless, accurate, and punctual in all things.
Poor though he was, he contrived to live within his small means, and he boasted, with becoming pride, that he was "a punctual paymaster.
Every day, every hour had its allotted employment: engagements to publishers requiring punctual fulfilment; the current expenses of a large household duty to provide: for Southey had no crop growing while his pen was idle.
That does not disconcert me in the least; for when I was a tailor I had the reputation of being a good one, and making close fits; I was always punctual with my customers, and always did good work.
Cowper prided himself upon his business punctuality, though he confessed that he "never knew a poet, except himself, who was punctualin anything.
The bell is rung at the nominal dinner-hour,--or probably a good deal after it: for servants can hardly be punctual under such management.
I make a point of being punctual on Sunday," said Mr Lester, in a tone of incipient displeasure.
You arepunctual for this house, my dear; we take such things easy.
Had she been trained to punctuality in other things, she would, in all probability, have been punctual there.
They are never punctualin their engagements, nor decided in their conduct.
Aye, and they'll be punctual to the minute, I'll swear.
Vane was not less desirous of being punctual than Lavinia, and he had indeed arrived at Rosamond's Pond some five minutes before her.
Punctual to her time on the Friday, Lady Henley was there to receive her guests in her stiffest silks, laces, and jewels, looking like some battered fetish out of a shrine, as she sat at the head of the table.
I am the most punctual of men, as Miss Dolly knows by sad experience.
All night the thirsty beach has listening lain, With patience dumb, Counting the slow, sad moments of her pain; Now morn has come, And with the morn the punctual tide again.
The punctual tide draws up the bay, With ripple of wave and hiss of spray, And the great red flower of the light-house tower Blooms on the headland far away.
The fairy clocks strike their inaudible hour In field and woodland, and each punctual flower Bows at the signal an obedient head And hastes to bed.
With no other orders the Colonel left, rewarded the punctual policeman and went home to write to his wife, infinitely disgusted with the life before him and behind him, and desiring no more adventures.
I am always punctual myself, minute for minute, remembering that punctuality is the courtesy of kings.
He was the most punctual and precise of men, a man who adhered to an unchangeable routine, and habits that lasted for years.
He may likewise help the speculation I was lately talking of; for, without punctual intelligence gathered on the spot, there is little to be done in it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "punctual" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
