hindermost

Example Sentences

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

From Nobody by Jacobs, W. L.

The caterpillar is coloured grey and brown, with a black head, and a broad white stripe down the back of the hindermost segments.

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

Larkin, in the top flight with Major Cowan, had taken up position as the hindermost plane in the group and had, therefore, the greatest altitude.

From Aces Up by Clarke, Covington

In a moment he had borne down the hindermost.

From Kings in Exile by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

"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