heads or tails

Example Sentences

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The iPhone Clean Up tool did OK with the grass, but couldn’t make heads or tails of the tents in the background.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Whether that falls heads or tails, though, generative AI isn't going to be what kills the arts and humanities.

From Salon • Aug. 29, 2023

There are only two choices: heads or tails.

From Washington Times • Feb. 10, 2023

Candidates Deborah Noel and Sharon Hodge were asked by the local county clerk to choose heads or tails before the clerk flipped the coin.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2022

“I can’t make heads or tails of the runes in the book.”

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman