Other Word Forms
- untailed adjective
Etymology
Origin of tailed
Example Sentences
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Sauropods were long necked, long tailed plant eaters that grew into the largest animals ever to walk on land, yet their earliest life stages were small, exposed, and highly vulnerable.
From Science Daily
“These are nuanced questions, far beyond your comprehension! My social position, my financial security…” Her voice tailed off.
From Literature
The hardcore faithful headed to the bitcoin conference with Saylor, whose fans tailed him around the event in the hope of getting a selfie, as his minders begged them to let him leave.
During that deployment, a Japanese patrol was tailed by Chinese aircraft.
Within weeks of arriving, I loathed Madras, where rats stole the padding from my earphones, the humidity left me weak and men tailed my mother in traffic, desperate to buy our imported car.
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