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Etymology
Origin of tailed
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at tail 1, -ed 3
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 • Feb. 1, 2026
Djiedi Gassama's form has tailed off, and although Mikey Moore has come onto a game, Oliver Antman is still out injured.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026
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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
A retinue assembled to escort the workers out of the closet, into their cars, and back home, without being tailed, without being detained.
From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025
Looking round for Blackberry, he saw that he had left them and was up at the top of the pool, where the narrow beach tailed away into a gravel spit.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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