tail
noun
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the back end of its body.
had tailed
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past perfectof tail.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Fletcher was batting .308 with two homers in 22 games, but his performance had tailed off recently.
From Washington Times ● May 27, 2023
Chinese warships had tailed McCain through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday during a "routine operation" that was done "in accordance with international law."
From Fox News ● Feb. 5, 2021
He went to the window, looking for the black Crown Vic that had tailed him as he’d walked home.
From The Verge ● Mar. 13, 2019
“They threw T-shirts over their arms, boom, boom, boom,” he said of one group of women he had tailed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2017
That was why Chiltington had tailed the twin library nerds, Peckleman and Fernandez, upstairs during last night’s dessert hunt.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
