hindermost
Example Sentences
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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
Valentine tried to get into the hindermost row.
From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór
All respect for persons, rank, or position, was completely lost sight of, commoners pushing past râjas in their deadly fear of being the hindermost, who is the proverbial prey of the pursuing devil.
From In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula by Clifford, Hugh Charles, Sir
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
Here a silken carpet is spun as before described; but the caterpillar, instead of clinging with all its claspers, suspends itself in a vertical position by its hindermost pair only.
From Butterflies and Moths (British) by Furneaux, William S.