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
Beth was soon able to lie on the study sofa all day, amusing herself with the well-beloved cats, at first, and, in time, with doll's sewing, which had fallen sadly behindhand.
From Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott
“Papa got to be very much behindhand through Frank and Cyril.”
From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by George Manville Fenn
I calalate I'd be a trifle behindhand myself.
From The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys by Howard Roger Garis
Nor were the heretics always behindhand, when they gained opportunity, in improving the lesson which had been taught them so effectually.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
