hindermost

Example Sentences

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One of the hindermost transports, taking too wide a bend, crashed into the wagon.

From The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 by Tracy, Louis

"Their eggs upon a heap of straw, Then loitering hindermost, the more."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 by Various

She sets her own pace--and Heaven help the hindermost!

From Nobody by Jacobs, W. L.

Then the hindermost of the pursuers stopped, and with lightning-like rapidity picked up a large stone.

From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Mitford, Bertram

The larv� are generally to be distinguished by a couple of little horns on one or more of the hindermost segments, and in most cases they pupate beneath the surface of the soil.

From Butterflies and Moths (British) by Furneaux, William S.