How to Use behind schedule in a Sentence

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• Head coach Kalani Sitake this week acknowledged the team was behind schedule at this point in the year in their growth.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
• Both units were supposed to be complete in 2017 and are more than six years behind schedule.
  — Drew Kann, ajc, 16 June 2023
• But all three of those projects are already behind schedule.
  — Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
• If Newcastle dropped out of the Premier League, the whole project would fall years behind schedule, at best.
  — Joshua Robinson, wsj.com, 20 Apr. 2023
• But the rain means the farm is about a month behind schedule, and Yerena won’t know the full state of the strawberries until the fields dry out more.
  — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2023
• They're set to arrive about three hours behind schedule.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2024
• The flight arrived eight hours and six minutes behind schedule.
  — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
• The new trains now are slated to enter service in 2024, at least three years behind schedule.
  — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
• In fact, a large proportion of the big components of the machine were behind schedule by a year or two years or even more.
  — Charles Seife, Scientific American, 15 June 2023
• While some of the project is complete, construction is still behind schedule.
  — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2023
• But by the time that deadline rolled around in spring of 2021, Bernalillo County had fallen far behind schedule.
  — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 19 July 2022
• The first of Vogtle’s new units finished 7 years late and the second new reactor is more than 6 years behind schedule.
  — Drew Kann, ajc, 30 Aug. 2023
• The harvest began in August, about a month behind schedule.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• When things fell behind schedule in the studio, Cutrone pushed everyone along.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
• The 75th Primetime Emmys aired last night, behind schedule because of the actors and writer strikes last year.
  — USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
• More than 3% of kids were behind schedule on their vaccinations, up 0.4% from the year before.
  — Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2023
• The company has fallen behind schedule and its last two test flights were marred by glitches.
  — Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 May 2024
• Depp was stuck in traffic, according to a source close to his team, forcing the event to start 27 minutes behind schedule and without him.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 May 2023
• The four-stop, subterranean light-rail line was three years behind schedule and $335 million over budget.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
• Construction and labor delays pushed the final stages of the project behind schedule.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2023
• The first phase of construction from Fifth to Eighth streets will begin in January, years behind schedule.
  — Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2022
• Ongoing work to replace a bridge that runs through the heart of downtown Naperville is close to two months behind schedule, a city official said.
  — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
• The $670 million project, financed by Transurban, is wrapping up about a year behind schedule.
  — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
• It was supposed to start sending out money in early 2023, but the agency is behind schedule.
  — Patrick Lohmann, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2023
• By the beginning of August, the fleet was behind schedule, encountering strong winds and heavy ice.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Feb. 2023
• Some analysts suggested that the launch is at least two years behind schedule.
  — Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2023
• But according to a new report, the rate at which emissions are being reduced has put us more than 15 years behind schedule.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
• Potential depth for the starting rotation, Teng, 26, may be slightly behind schedule but hopes to get into games by the end of spring.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
• The pipeline is six years behind schedule, about half a billion dollars over budget, and, despite promises that it would be done by the end of last year, delayed once again.
  — Katie Myers, WIRED, 20 Jan. 2024
• Advertisement The Lincoln Tunnel crush of cars got me to the office a half-hour behind schedule, yet early enough to grab a free bagel before they were gone.
  — Ray A. Smith, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024