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
Mrs. Temple had every day a dinner fit for a king, but General Temple was invariably behindhand with his taxes.
From Throckmorton by Molly Elliot Seawell
They had already an hour’s start of me, and a short, smart-looking officer, who gave me a printed paper of questions, advised me to lose no time, as I was already behindhand.
From The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich by A.W. Drayson
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
Mr. Saltus was never behindhand when he had decided to go anywhere.
From Edgar Saltus: The Man by Marie Saltus
