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
We hear that Hood was forever behindhand with his promises to publishers; no wonder!
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller
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
“By Jove! you are behindhand then; and unless you are at once sent to a crammer’s, you won’t get into the Academy even.”
From The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich by A.W. Drayson
It's just because I have been talking so long that I am behindhand.
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Charles Paul de Kock
