As he comes up to Harry, he says, "I must apologize for keeping you waiting but I was unavoidably delayed."

"But we were unavoidably delayed."

Yet I dared not even hesitate, as the matter had already been unavoidably delayed.

The English edition is unavoidably delayed.

The Rome-bound train had been unavoidably delayed in Montreux after a small avalanche had blocked the track five miles further up the line.

The Emergency Medical Rescue Units that the city maintains to deal with such accidents were unavoidably delayed in getting to the scene.

'An acquaintance of ours in Berlin made a reservation on our behalf, but we were unavoidably delayed.'

Perhaps you could call ahead and tell them you've been unavoidably delayed?

As some of you will know, she was unavoidably delayed by commitments which she had undertaken before the timing of this debate.

Mister Stockton's been unavoidably delayed, but he'll be here momentarily.