heads or tails
Example Sentences
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And flipping a coin on heads, or tails, 24 times in a row has odds of one in 16.7 million.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
He wanted to take a crack at writing like artists like Billie Eilish, but he couldn’t make heads or tails of it.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
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
Let’s start by considering our hypothetical quantum system that can, when observed, come up either heads or tails.
From Scientific American • May 22, 2023
“I recognized the sound more than anything, Reshi. Its phrasing was very old, archaic. I couldn’t make heads or tails of it.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
