Sentence examples for we lagged behind from inspiring English sources

We lagged behind, quickly realizing our first mistake: overstuffed backpacks.

We lagged behind other European countries in modernism (Gardner was the exception).

On the latest international science assessment, for example, we lagged behind not only Finland, Hong Kong, and Canada but also Estonia, Hungary, and Poland.

We lagged behind 73 other nations.

"We feel we have lagged behind and fallen from first position (among Kurds) to the fourth," a Kurdish activist recently told the Financial Times.

We lag behind Ireland and Hungary.

So now we lag behind Swaziland.

This can't happen if we lag behind on the skills that are required.

That we lag behind our partners when it comes to dressing up for special occasions?

"Where we lag behind is in the air and the water".

We lag behind most of the world in basic tests of skills taught in elementary and high school.