tails

Example Sentences

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Hutchings uses scallops, large shrimp and fish fillets, but other options like oysters, lobster tails, crabs, mussels and clams are perfectly acceptable.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

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 • Mar. 31, 2026

Suddenly, the Irish tails were up and replacement prop Michael Milne burrowed over.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

Unlike cockroaches and most animals, termite sperm lack tails and are unable to swim.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

But they moved along by swishing their tails from side to side.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer