This page shows Tail in 20 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like rear or stern. Useful when writing or proofreading a text.

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Tail in a sentence

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Tail meaning

  1. The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
  2. An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
  3. The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.

Synonyms of Tail

tail end rear stern back arse nates buttocks projection ending end fag end appendage outgrowth process butt

Tail in Dutch

schaduwen beschatten

Example sentences (20)

Altogether, they represent a total of more than 408,000 paid hours away from work at the tail end of the pandemic.

As someone who caught the tail end of mass tobacco consumption but managed to quit, I often feel like I've got lucky.

After much cogitation, the effort concluded, and the child’s essay read: ‘The kitten has a tail and four legs.

A dog couldn’t fart without Waffle springing to his feet, tail erect and ready for action of the bite-y kind.

After a heated chase, Erin manages to lose her tail but ends up falling unconscious beside a roadside bush.

During their approach to the Sun, the ice vaporizes and the dust falls off to form the signature long tail.

Fordham defensive line coach Andrew Jackson visited Canarsie in November 2016, at the tail end of Isaac’s sophomore season.

Get back to governing and helping the American people, stop wasting time and money chasing your tail on something so petty.

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And then after writing him a big check she went home to the co-star she started bedding during the tail end of their marriage?

A Lincoln SUV generates a water tail while driving through a puddle in front of the Fermata Club on Whiskey Road Wednesday morning.

Commentator Kerry O’Keefe still believes Pakistan has a chance at victory if they can dismiss the Australia tail cheaply on day four.

Dr Anna has told owners that if they want to die a dog's tail, then they should use food colouring made from all natural ingredients.

Head or tail, there is a choice to be made because we are not going to get a candidate from Mars.

From looking at a lead, Australia’s last four wickets fell for 14, and a long tail was exposed.

The phage particle consists of a head (also known as a capsid ), a tail, and tail fibers (see image of virus below).

All of this is done while Mermaid Echo wears a heavy tail, wig and heavy performance make-up.

Tail brush method The brush of the tail is only useful as a guide when assessing small, stunted or young cattle.

Its signature tri-tail was the result of many initial customers not having hangars tall enough for a conventional tail.

The longer tail boom incorporated a wider chord vertical fin on the tail rotor pylon and larger synchronized elevators.

Every Kemono has specific weak spots, but most of them are vulnerable in the head and tail.

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Common combinations with tail

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • the tail 58×
  • tail end 21×
  • tail is 17×
  • tail and 16×
  • its tail 15×
  • and tail 12×
  • tail of 10×
  • his tail
  • otter tail
  • long tail

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tail" in a sentence?
An example: "Altogether, they represent a total of more than 408,000 paid hours away from work at the tail end of the pandemic." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "tail" from real English texts.
What does "tail" mean?
Tail means: The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
What are synonyms of "tail"?
Common synonyms of "tail" include: tail end, rear, stern, back, arse, nates, buttocks, projection. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "tail" in Dutch?
"tail" translates to Dutch as: schaduwen, beschatten.
How many example sentences with "tail" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "tail", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

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