Sentence examples for were lagging from inspiring English sources

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were lagging

verb

To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind

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Marx's studies, meanwhile, were lagging.

"Some people thought we were lagging behind other countries.

Some students there were lagging in their studies.

Asked whether the ads were lagging behind the content creation, he responded: "In video?

He was concerned that British arms companies were lagging behind international competitors.

A few years ago, the Yankees' owner said box-office receipts in the Bronx were lagging.

In contrast, Mitt Romney's campaign's data operations were lagging, buggy and nowhere as sophisticated.

Despite the progress, sports equality campaigners said many sports were lagging behind.

Every time you ask about Athens, the word is, well, they were lagging behind but now everything is fine.

They noted that it was possible that wages were lagging behind developments in the labour market to some extent.

"There was no disguising the extent," Winder deduces, "to which Britain's Muslims were lagging on nearly every material indicator".

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