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

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.

August.–Soon fell to work on some stories, for things were, as I expected, behindhand when the money-maker was away.

From Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals by Alcott, Louisa May

Nor was Smith behindhand in noting the effect produced.

From Shrewsbury A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.