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 aeroplane propeller is revolving slowly, tail away from the enemy, clicking and rattling as it turns.
From Letters from France by Bean, C. E. W. (Charles Edwin Woodrow)
