tail away

Example Sentences

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More was made of the Stokes declaration on day one, but fundamentally, the inability to blow the tail away in the second innings was where the game was lost.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

Take a lobster and position it right side up with the head pointed at you and the tail away from you.

From Time Magazine Archive

He could hear the owl shuffle about right above him, a single tail away.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

Near the Lev-Port’s tail, away from prying eyes, Otto faced the traveler.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

The pressure of the electric ions or corpuscles might force the tail away, but a greater electric force from the sun drives off the comet.

From The Universe a Vast Electric Organism by Warder, George Woodward