hindermost

Example Sentences

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

From Nobody by Jacobs, W. L.

And anyhow, when you've been as long in this game as I have, you'll realize that the motto of the profession is 'Everybody for himself and the devil take the hindermost'!

From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph

Valentine tried to get into the hindermost row.

From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór

In a moment they were under cover of the bush and safe out of shot, but in that moment I had recognised the steed bestridden by the hindermost one.

From A Veldt Vendetta by Mitford, Bertram

And between the hindermost and the squamosal there is an intervening bar of bone, unknown among mammalia, which moves upon the skull by a joint, just as the lower jaw moves upon it.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.