In most of the species of the splendid family of the Pheasants, the males differ conspicuously from the females, and they acquire their ornaments at a rather late period of life.
With the English Carrier and Pouter pigeons, the full development of the wattle and the crop occurs rather late in life, and conformably with the rule, these characters are transmitted in full perfection to the males alone.
No one will suppose that after the Marsupials had approximately acquired their present structure, and therefore at a rather late period in the development of the mammalian series, any of its members still remained androgynous.
With the English Carrier and Pouter pigeon the full development of the wattle and the crop occursrather late in life, and these characters, conformably with our rule, are transmitted in full perfection to the males alone.
It's a pity he did not follow his profession; but it would be rather late in the day for that.
I shall be rather late, as I am going to an open-air service beyond Whitechapel.
It will be rather late, yet it will be a great kindness.
Give me the name of every man who, no matter what his position or prospects, might be irritated, if no more, if he knew that Miss Martin and Mr. Grant were presumably spooning in a garden at a rather late hour.
Here are you and a pretty girl together in a garden at a rather late hour, and a woman whom you once wanted to marry spying on you, in all likelihood.
I was in your garden at a rather late hour, I admit, but one cannot watch the stars by day, and a big telescope with its tripod is not easily carried about.
It will be rather late in the day for people to propose to you when you are Bob Brandon's half-starved or whole-starved wife.
Rather late in the day to say 'good morning,' isn't it?
I think the train must have been rather late; we expected you half an hour ago.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rather late" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
