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

Spain need not be too discouraged by being behindhand.

From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle

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 Fuller, Margaret

I'll get it for you; for you're a little behindhand in literary matters, and I propose to train you in every way.

From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de

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.