Sentence examples for was trailing behind from inspiring English sources

The lighter aircraft, a smaller jet type of plane, was trailing behind and had a flash light.

But from the start, Donkeys' director Morag McKinnon suggests, the project was flawed; while Red Road was sauntering towards its final edit, Donkeys – supposedly being made simultaneously – was trailing behind, struggling with a mismatched writing team and a lead actor whose deteriorating health was causing concern.

Surely thrilled with a number one seed in the tournament, North Carolina was trailing behind Kentucky as the second best-selling team for the majority of the season.

The last man standing was Steven Bradbury from Australia, who was trailing behind at the time, and skated through to win the gold medal, becoming the first person from the southern hemisphere to win a gold medal at a Winter Olympics.

A friend was trailing behind him.

Although Harrison was still standing in round 12 of their second meeting, he was trailing behind.

Emmanuel Mutai, Gebremariam, Kebede were trailing behind, but Mutai looked determined and running extraordinarily easy.

The UK is trailing behind obscure places like France, let alone advanced countries like South Korea.

That doesn't mean other brands will forever be trailing behind, as people's priorities change and new issues come to the fore, he said.

But the stark fact is that those living in social housing, who are already facing many disadvantages compared to other sections of society, are trailing behind in the digital revolution stakes.

This report is a follow up on the Fawcett Society's earlier campaign, Sexism and the City (2008), which found – in line with a number of other reports – that women were trailing behind in terms of pay and status.