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Tailing meaning

present participle and gerund of tail

Synonyms of Tailing

Using Tailing

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of tail
  • Useful related words include: shadowing, following, pursuit, chase.
  • In the example corpus, tailing often appears in combinations such as: tailing the, was tailing, been tailing.

Context around Tailing

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Tailing

  • In this selection, "tailing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, project, car, detectives, studies, heuermann and prior stand out and add context to how "tailing" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a sunroof tailing knight on and air force tailing a pla. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tailing" sits close to words such as ablation, abure and abvp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tailing

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

The two of them allegedly experienced harassment and tailing prior to their disappearances. (13 words)

He did not know that Miami Gardens Police’s Street Crimes Unit was tailing him. (15 words)

However, Mr Morris noted that the drug dealing was “tailing off” at the time of Bach’s arrest. (18 words)

In March, detectives tailing Heuermann recovered his DNA from pizza crust in a box that he’d discarded in a Manhattan trash can and matched it to DNA from a hair found on a restraint used in the killings. (39 words)

While the recovery rate of novel Coronavirus cases in India has now crossed 70 per cent, the number of people who are recovering on a daily basis is still tailing the new infections being detected by a significant amount. (39 words)

When Emma Barber died in that ‘car accident’ years ago with Thomas tailing her to stop her from telling Hope the truth about Beth, I was hoping this was the nail in the coffin for the treacherous Forrester. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

An Ecologically Friendly Project: Tailing studies and remediation work have been completed by the EPA and Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.

Austin Gatlin Holt (Roger Howarth) may head to Wyndemere to check on Ava now that he knows Mason Gatlin (Nathanyael Grey) has been tailing her.

He notified the other accomplices and they started following the victim’s car, tailing it in a car they had stolen, until the victim reached an open-air car park.

In March, detectives tailing Heuermann recovered his DNA from pizza crust in a box that he’d discarded in a Manhattan trash can and matched it to DNA from a hair found on a restraint used in the killings.

The two of them allegedly experienced harassment and tailing prior to their disappearances.

However, Mr Morris noted that the drug dealing was “tailing off” at the time of Bach’s arrest.

Newcastle Crown Court heard it was on February 29 this year that a number of officers were tailing him.

When Emma Barber died in that ‘car accident’ years ago with Thomas tailing her to stop her from telling Hope the truth about Beth, I was hoping this was the nail in the coffin for the treacherous Forrester.

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He was arrested by the Glendale police in 2003, accused of brandishing a handgun at a plainclothes detective who was tailing his cousin, and acquitted after two trials.

Phillips said the normal 24/7 Title rules are back on, so he is “high-tailing” it out of the arena.

Their main competitor, Brazil’s Vale, is still recovering from its tailing dam disasters and, more recently, the impact of the pandemic and heavy rains on its production.

They obtained surveillance footage showing a white Honda with a sunroof tailing Knight on his bike for several blocks.

While the recovery rate of novel Coronavirus cases in India has now crossed 70 per cent, the number of people who are recovering on a daily basis is still tailing the new infections being detected by a significant amount.

Deep in the heart of Rockies territory, the train curled around the edge of a teal-green lake, its silver carriages tailing behind like a line of Dualit toasters from the 1950s.

He did not know that Miami Gardens Police’s Street Crimes Unit was tailing him.

There, the far-right Finns Party came second, closely tailing the leftist Social Democrats, after polls initially predicted it would end up in fifth position.

The second instalment brims with consequences both professional and emotional, but thriller connoisseurs will savour the way much of the first episode is devoted to roving round Paris, tensely tailing a suspect, including on a Métro train.

Video replays showed Eekhoff clamber back on to his bike clutching a damaged shoulder, before tailing vehicles in order propel himself up the road.

While grocery e-tailing is not new to India, it has been a challenging terrain, particularly in terms of scaling up.

A file photo shows a fighter jet (left) with the Taiwanese Air Force tailing a PLA bomber near Taiwan’s air border.

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Common combinations with tailing

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tailing" in a sentence?
An example: "An Ecologically Friendly Project: Tailing studies and remediation work have been completed by the EPA and Idaho Department of Environmental Quality." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "tailing" from authentic English texts.
What does "tailing" mean?
Tailing means: present participle and gerund of tail
What are synonyms of "tailing"?
Common synonyms of "tailing" include: shadowing, following, pursuit, chase, pursual.
How many example sentences with "tailing" are there?
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