tail
noun
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the back end of its body.
was tailing
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past progressiveof tail.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The story was tailing off when on Friday morning Police Scotland dropped another post - two more lynx had been spotted in the same area.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025
Guy was tailing Anderson by at least three points with 99 percent of votes tallied at press time.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2021
The All-Pro safety was tailing a play late in the first half Sunday night against Buffalo when Bills quarterback Josh Allen heaved a pass down the sideline.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2021
The Seattle grunge phenomenon was tailing off by the time Doug Pray made his film “Hype!,” but it’s exactly that sense of a moment having passed that makes this an all-time great rock-doc.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2017
I hopped up and looked out the window as if the anxiety was tailing me like the Feds had.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
