Example Sentences

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The current sixth-generation Camaro, introduced in 2016, has done well on the racetrack, but sales have been tailing off in recent years.

From Washington Times • Mar. 22, 2023

A British officer in love with a ballerina helps her evade Russian agents who have been tailing her.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2020

Other funds will go toward Macy’s e-commerce efforts, which have been growing but struggle to make up for the pace at which physical stores have been tailing off — a common story among its rivals.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2017

Now she worries about the unknown Mandarin-speaking men who have been tailing her in Bangkok for weeks.

From Time • Jan. 18, 2016

That sparked fears of a devastating human epidemic, but only around 200 people have died from the disease since then, and cases have been tailing off.

From Scientific American • Jan. 26, 2012