- present participle of tail.
tailing
Example Sentences
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Her international career was at risk of tailing off.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
ChatGPT price-war report comes as data shows AI usage already tailing off.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
But data provided by Blanchet shows the genre rapidly tailing off in the early 2010s.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
Human metapneumovirus cases commonly start showing up in January before peaking in March or April and then tailing off in June, said Dr. Jessica August, chief of infectious diseases at Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
I was less convinced that she didn’t have a car of plainclothes officers tailing Nicole.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
