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

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 Drayson, A.W.

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

I calalate I'd be a trifle behindhand myself.

From The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys by Garis, Howard Roger

Mrs. Temple had every day a dinner fit for a king, but General Temple was invariably behindhand with his taxes.

From Throckmorton by Seawell, Molly Elliot