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

“Papa got to be very much behindhand through Frank and Cyril.”

From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by Fenn, George Manville

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

Not to be behindhand with you in your frumps, I give you back your purse of gold: Take you that—in imagination.

From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John

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