behindhand

Example Sentences

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Considering that this Fantaisie' was ordered, and paid for, and eaten more than a year ago, I realize that I am behindhand with it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sooba's wife when she had recovered from her astonishment was not behindhand with her welcome.

From The Outcaste by Penny, F. E.

We hear that Hood was forever behindhand with his promises to publishers; no wonder!

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret

The Eastern Counties are the most behindhand in the science, although they have good rivers in the Orwell and Yare.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.

England did not surrender the refugees, and why should Belgium be behindhand in magnanimity?

From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by Smith, G. Barnett