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

Did it ever strike you, by the way, how behindhand your countrymen are in the matter of hotels?

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various

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

Polly, always a little behindhand, hadn’t made up her mind yet what the surprise was to be.

From Little Friend Lydia by Phillips, Ethel Calvert

Mr. Saltus was never behindhand when he had decided to go anywhere.

From Edgar Saltus: The Man by Saltus, Marie