Example sentences for: behind

How can you use “behind” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I don't care about the D'Amato/Pataki feud with Rudy; there was simply no way they'd resist the pressure from the Bush organization to unite behind the mayor.

  • The proof of principle behind this dual scheme was demonstrated by the identification of several miRNAs via a structural analysis of genomic sequence conserved over 50 million years of nematode evolution [ 12 ] . Indeed, the great majority of C. elegans miRNAs identified through the direct cloning approach are conserved in the genome of C. briggsae , with conservation typically extending across the length of the predicted miRNA precursor.

  • Dick Morris, for one, can't hide his unpalatable stump of a body behind the trappings of genial sensuality.

  • The Band-to-be is tight and focused, and there's less burden on Dylan's quasinonsense lyrics when they have Garth Hudson's organ behind them.

  • It probably didn't hurt this larger endeavor that fellow founding editor Letty Cottin Pogrebin, the author of How to Make It in a Man's World (1970), had a career as a high-powered publicist behind her.


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