coattails

Example Sentences

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Her numbers accelerate upwards, with eight million followers and counting clinging to her shirttails.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024

And they contrasted the ever-living shirttails out of each other.

From Fox News • Aug. 28, 2020

I don’t mean Ackland’s black yarmulke or the ritual fringes visible below his shirttails, but rather the temples to freewheeling curiosity that he has built at this location and his other branch in downtown Pittsburgh.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2019

Kelly went beltless during his five-month mission at the International Space Station a few years back, and he hated how his shirttails kept floating out of his pants.

From Washington Times • Mar. 23, 2015

Some of the Odom boys chased each other around the room, their ties loose and their shirttails flapping.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor