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

Suppose a crew are backward as oarsmen and also behindhand in condition.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.

It's just because I have been talking so long that I am behindhand.

From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de

“Papa got to be very much behindhand through Frank and Cyril.”

From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by Fenn, George Manville

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