Sentence examples for lagged from inspiring English sources

While a recent national poll had Sanders in second place behind former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, he still lagged behind the favorite by a margin of 63% to 13%.

Autumnwatch's 3.7 million audience and 15.9% share lagged just behind Sky Cops' 4.1 million and 17.9% share.

Britain has lagged behind most other western nations in terms of our infrastructure with all the consequences of declining productivity – this must not continue.

For six years, Jonathan's administration has made strides in Nigeria's ailing agriculture and power sectors, but lagged behind almost everywhere else.

Politics has often lagged behind business and sport in the science of winning.

But even compared with similar sea-front countries those without coastlines have lagged behind.

The NASDAQ had lagged other stockmarkets, though it has now risen by 34% so far this year; the S&P 500 has advanced by 27% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 23% (though the Dow and S&P 500 have both frequently set record-breaking highs in that time).

America has lagged behind other rich economies in adopting chip-and-PIN cards, for which a passcode must be entered to authorise each transaction.

But it is now facing competition from places such as Singapore.Paris has long lagged far behind London, dogged by a reputation for excessive regulation and high taxes.

The state has woefully lagged behind the private sector.

Investors have noticed: rich-world firms with above-average exposure to emerging economies have lagged America's stockmarket by about 40% over the past three years.In this section Kidnapped by the Kremlin Submerging hopes The burden of empire Fertility treatment Cyprus one year later ReprintsAll this is leading firms to re-examine their emerging-market strategies (see article).