How to Use behind in a Sentence

behind

1 of 3 adverb or adjective

• Your son is not too far behind.
  — Outside Online, 28 Jan. 2026
• Those who don’t may be left behind.
  — Jason Wingard, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
• This can leave wet ink behind on the glass.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
• Her cell phone and car were left behind.
  — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
• These are the kids that were left behind.
  — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
• First of all, the car was way too far behind.
  — Nina Burns, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
• Three fled; the fourth stayed behind.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
• What was spent, who came along, and what was left behind?
  — Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• The rest are five to 10 years behind.
  — Manu Khetan, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
• The game left that brand behind for a reason.
  — Zach Harper, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
• This feeling like she was tossed out and left behind.
  — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
• The legacy brands are just so far behind.
  — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
• Hold the cup in front of her and quickly clap the cup behind.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2023
• Phone and laptops had to be left behind.
  — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2025
• The whole point is that nothing gets left behind.
  — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
• Then a man comes in from behind and rips down their banner.
  — MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
• Meanwhile, some parts of the city have been left behind.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
• Some assumed the fish left behind were goners.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
• Even now, the project is running behind, records show.
  — Thad Moore, AJC.com, 27 May 2026
• Sánchez was often behind in the count.
  — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 28 May 2026
• Her iPhone was one of the items that was left behind in the house.
  — Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
• The five others were right behind.
  — Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
• Others might not be far behind.
  — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 23 Apr. 2026
• The Kings are just behind at 60 points.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
• Be sure to pick through it with your fingers for any pieces of shell that got left behind.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
• His coffee is waiting for him, and his food is not far behind.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
• Cobain left behind a note written in a red ballpoint pen.
  — Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
• Many families have been left behind to pick up the pieces.
  — Marie Saavedra, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
• This gap is driven over, and a pothole is left behind.
  — Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
• In some traditions, the things left behind are said to be fairies.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023

behind

2 of 3 preposition

• The cat hid behind the couch.
• The sun went behind a cloud.
• The polls show that he is behind the other candidates.
• He was behind the other students in his studies.
• The older students entered the room first with the younger students following behind them.
• The company is now behind the competition.
• They were ahead of us by 5 points earlier in the game, but now they're behind us by 7.
• With a team ready to stand behind him.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
• John, a year behind me in school, was as well.
  — Jeffrey Eugenides, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
• What has the behind the scenes looked like for that?
  — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
• Their fans are right behind the bench, right on top of you.
  — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
• There’s like four spots per side, two spots behind the goal.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026
• The first serve from behind the goal is fizzed in at his chest.
  — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
• Most of the kicks hit the curtain behind the net.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
• But who are the people behind the scenes?
  — Scott Huver, Deadline, 30 May 2026
• There is also a sauna tucked behind the rooftop pool.
  — Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
• Banfield could spend the rest of his life behind bars.
  — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
• Is there a story behind his name?
  — Michael Russo, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
• But behind the curtain, things are on fire.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
• The grit is hidden behind the gowns.
  — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2026
• Both were sentenced to decades behind bars.
  — Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
• Is there drama behind the scenes?
  — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
• Who is working behind the scenes?
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 27 Feb. 2026
• Wells has 36 home runs, two behind Grant.
  — Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
• Caraway leaves behind a 6-year-old son.
  — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 25 Oct. 2025
• Her track record on stage and behind the camera spoke for itself.
  — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
• The onus for putting this debacle behind you is on you.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
• Seals lounge on the sand and stands of redwoods tower behind them.
  — Melina Mara, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• The backspin pop-ups landing behind the mound were just as many.
  — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026
• Go at peak traffic time and step back behind their landscape plants.
  — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2024

behind

3 of 3 noun

• Our team set a school record for come-from-behind wins this year.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 3 June 2022
• The rules are the rules, and your grandson needs to get off his behind and catch up on those chores!
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 3 Nov. 2020
• Pushing too hard could wind up biting you in the behind at any moment.
  — Chicago Tribune, 30 Dec. 2022
• Freb grabs one and chases Kate around the stage, whacking her on the behind.
  — Karen Schoemer, SPIN, 1 May 2022
• The thrilled Hawks team the field to celebrate their come-from-behind win.
  — Mike May, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2021
• The second hit looks worse, but the injury came on the first hit, sort of from behind and to the side of the knee.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2019
• Long balls from back to front, quick passes in-behind and counter-attacks are the most common ways.
  — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
• The solution is to use a specialty tool called a paint-behind pad.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 21 Dec. 2020
• One of them was hit from behind and collided with a car from the first crash, lab officials said.
  — Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2020
• Friday’s 6-3 come-from-behind win over the Royals had same feel.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2022
• San Diego hasn't had a come-from-behind win this season, but every match in which it's scored first, it's won.
  — Briar Napier, The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2020
• Green Dot has been handed a new group of far-behind students every single year.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
• But even with his come-from-far-behind style, Rombauer appeared to be up against it for much of the 1 ⅛-mile race.
  — Larry Stumes, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2021
• This week on The Bachelorette, that big lie comes back to bite Jamie in the behind.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2021
• The Rays have an AL-best 20 come-from-behind wins this season.
  — Mark Didtler, Star Tribune, 26 Sep. 2020
• Traivor Jackson got hot in the fourth quarter to ignite West’s come-from-behind win.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2021
• The alcohol left behind will be infused with the flavor of the fat, and the texture might be a tad thicker.
  — Aaron Goldfarb, Popular Mechanics, 28 Dec. 2019
• But, with a two-run deficit in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Mets couldn’t muster their own come-from-behind magic.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
• So uncompromising as to turn hard heads into soft behinds.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
• Service won the second half in a come-from-behind win over Eagle River.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2021
• To follow is the walk-behind, to use the path that continues to break open before you by forces before you, seen and unseen.
  — Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 5 Dec. 2021
• Runs in-behind are up almost twofold in that time, while movements of left-backs attacking crosses has more than doubled.
  — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
• Betts collapsed into her lectern, the come-from-behind winner with a ticket punched for the Jeopardy!
  — Claire McNear, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
• Heights opened last week with a come-from-behind, 38-35 win in overtime against Berkshire.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2021
• Saad then came up with the pick on second down in the bottom of the frame to secure the come-from-behind win and finish the season on a high note.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2021
• At the end of the clip, Coco hops onto her mom's lap as Cox sweetly hugs her not-so-baby girl from behind.
  — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 12 May 2020
• His eighth-inning walk was a key to the Rangers’ come-from-behind rally at Anaheim in one of their two wins on the road trip.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2021
• Saleh said after the Jets 34-31, come-from-behind win over the Bengals.
  — Andy Vasquez, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2021
• His profile, a striker who runs in-behind, was not the optimal one versus three Palace centre-backs.
  — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
• But such is the lightning pace of Mbappe that he might be best placed dropping deeper during build-up before darting in-behind.
  — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025