- present tense form of tail (3rd person singular).
tails
Example Sentences
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I tried Kumamoto oysters here as part of a sprawling seafood tower — alongside snow crab, lobster tails, tuna tartare with seaweed salad and more — and they immediately became my new favorite variety.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
"Most of the crashes here are fairly simple nose to tails, nothing too serious," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Gotham is able to distinguish between the animals largely thanks to "fluke prints": whales have unique patterns on the underside of their tails, similar to human fingerprints, St. Lawrence explained.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Those observations highlighted its distinctive appearance, including a "mane" made up of hazy structures resembling comet tails.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
But gator tails do move, Chase discovered, like armored whips.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
