hindermost

Example Sentences

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‘I thought that time of cramped penance would never end, but at last the hindermost buck got his head safe behind a welcome ridge, and then we were soon up and after them.’

From Three in Norway by Two of Them by Clutterbuck, Walter J.

The horses kicked out in every direction, not liking such close quarters; the hindermost forcing their way in, the foremost unable to go any farther in the narrow space.

From The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

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

Observe its long and slender legs, its humped middle segments, and its upturned hindermost segment, of enormous size and mounted with a pair of clubbed 'horns.'

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

It's each man for himself in a city office and God help the hindermost.

From A Canadian Bankclerk by Buschlen, J. P.