What of the belated, paragraph-long appearance of a trusted grown-up she couldn't avoid even after he clumsily tried to molest her?

I only hope I may not fall under her displeasure for making so belated an appearance!

When the women's spouses make their belated appearances, "The Roads to Home" skirts farce.

The shooting over and quiet restored, Gum Smith made his belated appearance.

The next day Gaza was at the studio, ready for work, when Crumb put in a belated appearance.

Eisenhower, sufficiently angered by Kennedy's relentless attacks, made some belated appearances to defend his administration's record in office.

It was as he was shepherding the tail end out that the headmaster made a belated appearance.

On 23 May, aircraft of Fliegerführer Irak made a belated appearance.

It made a belated appearance on the Mainstream Rock charts, peaking at No. 34.

The novel revolves around the belated appearance of her nemesis, 60 years later.