Sentence examples for A touch behind from inspiring English sources
The phrase "A touch behind" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or something that is slightly delayed or not keeping up with a certain pace or standard.
Example: "In the race, she was a touch behind the leading runners, but she was determined to catch up."
Alternatives: "A bit late" or "Slightly lagging".
Employment tends to lag a touch behind profit growth, but history offers few parallels to what is happening today.
Five minutes later, Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis picked off a Steve McNair pass meant for Eddie George -- the ball was thrown a touch behind George, he bobbled it, and Lewis grabbed it and sped 50 yards up the field and down the sideline for a score -- and Baltimore led, 24-10.
He's made 45 tackles so far with a 94% success rate and although he might be a touch behind Gray when it comes to consistency, he's certainly got the upper edge in explosive physicality.
Revenue fell 9percenttoto $46.85 billion, a touch behind Wall Street targets, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Be sure to brace yourself — studies have shown that scent plays an important role in sexual attraction! To wear perfume or cologne, spray a tiny amount on your wrists, and perhaps dab a touch behind your ears.
On Sunday, workers could be seen adding finishing touches behind yellow caution tape as customers lined up.
Los Diablitos had a touch of synthesizer behind the accordion, but the songs were untamed, whether they were joking about romance or proclaiming, in a vocal improvisation, that though Colombia had suffered greatly, its hard times could not last forever.
BACKFLIP is the first Motorola device to feature the new and unique BACKTRACK™ feature which gives AT&T customers the ability to navigate quickly and easily through Web sites, menus and more with a touch panel located behind the screen when the device is folded open.
Nor was she the only outstanding cast member: Jason Dohring gave "obligatory psychotic jackass" and collector of inspirational phone messages Logan Echolls showed a touching vulnerability behind the sarcasm and smirks.
THE American silent cinema of the 1920s gave us three great comedians: Harold Lloyd, whose hyperkinetic optimism seemed the perfect embodiment of his epoch; Charles Chaplin, whose Victorian sentimentality was just a touching bit behind it; and Buster Keaton, who was so far ahead of his time that we're still running to catch up with him.
Unfortunately, that sweet phone is trapped behind a touch screen that's balkier than a burro with mood swings.
