- present participle of tail.
tailing
Example Sentences
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Court police had to settle for tailing the Maxima to the tennis courts and hiding out in the bushes watching the match.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
ChatGPT price-war report comes as data shows AI usage already tailing off.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
She is in the early stages of developing a tool to quickly identify behaviour like lurking and tailing, and direct help when it is needed.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
But other portions were harder to confirm -- with Thai authorities not providing information, and Chinese officials tailing our reporters and impeding efforts to talk further with him.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
I was less convinced that she didn’t have a car of plainclothes officers tailing Nicole.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
