tails

Example Sentences

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He does not like the way the power tails off in the later part of straights as the electrical motor runs out of power and starts to regenerate energy.

From BBC

But he felt his teeth close around something—a tail, perhaps, though he could not remember humans having tails.

From Literature

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

My eyes picked Karel immediately from the crowd in front of the church, dressed in top hat and tails as were all the male guests, but incomparably the handsomest there.

From Literature

Since long before the Light he’d been nosing them and biting their tails -but they still didn’t move.

From Literature