tail in a sentence

How to use the word tail in a sentence

The xenomorph sprints after it, long tail dragging behind, and I stand up and run as fast as I can to the left where there’s an elevator.

Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.

His handwriting is very poor, I cannot make head or tail of it.

He turned his tail and ran.

I can’t make head nor tail of her lecture on health and physical education.

I can’t make head nor tail of it.

The male peacock has colorful tail feathers.

The cat’s tail lashed a bout.

The horse’s tail had been docked.

The aircraft has a long tail fin.

The dog wagged its tail furiously.

The dog wagged its tail excitedly.

Seeing me, the dog wagged its tail.

The boy was holding a mouse by the tail.

The baby was amusing itself with the cat’s tail.

My dog is wagging his tail.

My dog has a long tail.

The caged tiger lashed its tail.

He braided the horse’s tail.

I held the mouse by its tail.

Don’t toy with the cat’s tail.

A monkey has a prehensile tail.

The sparrow perked up its tail.

The dog gave a wag of its tail.

The peacock fanned out its tail.

How many hairs are there in a cat’s tail?

A corkscrew tail a very serious fault.

A tail wind made the ride home very relaxing.

Can the Libyan tail wag the Egyptian dog?

Deer’s tail , sinew , mushrooms , frog’s egg, red ginseng.

Extremes meet, as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth.

For take-off the tail should only be raised a small amount.

Gait jerky, with tail often flirted, legs dangling in flight.

He is growing horns and a forked tail here!

I couldn’t make head nor tail of the damn film.

I have notified them to watch and tail him.

I just caught the tail end of the movie.

I overcontrolled the pedals, making the tail wag back and forth.

It had been a bumpy ride, through the tail end of a thunderstorm.

It has no tail fin like those of other fish, merely a fleshy stump.

It’s easily recognised by its bright blue tail feathers.

Its tail will shrink within a few hours of departure.

Loden’s hackles subsided, his tail began to wag.

Males are slimmer than females, with a more deeply forked tail fin.

Not one chicken leg, peacock neck or armadillo tail was left.

She hadn’t missed the sting in the tail in that curt directive.

She was as ready for action as a tomcat with its tail up.

The acceleration finally began to tail off.

The cat is in a rage when his tail switches.

The dog raced ahead, its tail wagging furiously.

The dog’s tail tapered off to a point.

The horse whisked its tail angrily.

The little dog’s tail wagged in delight.

The male has beautiful tail feathers.

The number of tourists starts to tail off in October.

The peacock displayed its fine tail feathers.

The plane’s tail section was found in a cornfield.

The plumed tail is carried over the back, curving to either side.

The police put a tail on the suspected drug dealer.

The puppy frisked its tail when it saw its master.

The snake swallowing its tail is a representation of infinity.

The tail and britches are well feathered.

The tail exhaust pipe of the motor vehicle emitted poisonous smoke.

The tail is deeply forked and ends in fine points.

The tail is fixed on the model plane with nails.

The tail is quite mellow, and concave too.

The tail section housed emergency rations and first aid kit.

The tail won’t come off the toy plane; it is fixed on with nails.

The tail won’t come off the toy plane; it’s fixed on with nails.

The tiger’s tail lashed back and forth.

The tourists left a tail of litter behind them.

They had alligator tail but it was tough.

We saw the tail of the procession disappearing round the corner.

With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.

You can fix the toy plane’s tail with this glue.

“I think we have a shadow on our tail, ” muttered the detective.

Hellbender sperm-cell tail, with characteristic “corkscrew” tissue.

His big rough hands snip and snip-ears, a tail, back legs.

With a lash of its tail, the lion sprang at its prey.

With a whisk of its tail, it has gone.

A coin has two sides,a head and a tail.

A scorpion has a poisonous sting in its long jointed tail.

A tidy tiger tied a tie to tidy her tiny tail.

A whale was thrashing the water with its tail.

Beside him stood a devil in red tights with horns and a forked tail.

Clear off the coffee list with the single zany of the tail.

He cut the rope then and went astern to noose the tail.

I will prick every living thing near me with my tail.

Jest with an as she will flap you in the face with his tail.

The brown rat has prominent ears and a long scaly tail.

The cow brushed off the flies with a whisk of its tail.

The cow flicked the flies away with its tail.

The dog was biting, growling and wagging its tail.

The horse was flicking flies away with its tail.

The puppy a yelp when John stepped on her tail.

The scorpion has a sting in its tail.

The sting of a scorpion is in its tail.

The whale thrashed the water with its tail.

You naughty boy, stop pulling the cat’s tail.

You will need to plait your horse’s mane and pull or plait his tail.

Can you think of a sympathetic animal with a hairless tail?

A cursory line from the eye to bisect the body helps to supply the tail angle.

In these superb light conditions its deeply forked tail glowed a rich chestnut.

The cat goes furtively downstairs, winding her lithe tail and licking her lips.

It might have been a tail light going the other way but it stayed the same size.

The work of some students begins to tail off as they approach their examination.

Narrow, scythe-like wings, short usually forked tail adapted to very fast flight.

Though they are interdependent, the head and tail of a coin battle for supremacy.

The ginger tomcat glared up at her, its tail lashing furiously from side to side.

Push out the portable ball pen tail turn over it and insert to the original place.

Roll up carefully from head to tail and secure with one or two cocktail sticks. 3.

When kids tattle , they carry the stuffed tail with them for a portion of the day.

Its scythe – like tail into the water, the fishing line to slide down quickly also.

Wings longer and narrower than Buzzard; tail longer, with similar dark band at tip.

A yellow hammer sang from its perch in a patch of gorse and a grey wag tail flew over.

I can remember the tail slapping and banging and the thwart and the noise the clubbing.

Everybody will work their tail off to do the job with flying colors.

The bright canary-yellow tail is deeply forked with long, fine points.

Three-legged, it wagged its tail but did not follow them, perhaps not wishing to intrude.

Any tail string which uses the divergent node number is also removed for the same reason.

The flying long – tail bird foils the pediment, displaying a lovely and harmonious nature.

Most sea snakes have a compressed, oar-like tail, used for propulsion through the water.

With a powerful lash of its tail, the fish jumped out of the net and back into the river.

These stripes run right down the body, but peter out near the base of the tail.

Lieutenant Ward Bond was at the wheel of the police convertible hot on his tail.

An omelette of rumour, speculation and downright lies, with many a sting in the tail.

It takes 15 minutes to convert the plane into a car by removing the wings and the tail.

Even Bert was not in his cubbyhole, but Flossie was and gave a languid thump of her tail.

As it approaches the sun it starts to evaporate, giving off the familiar long gassy tail.



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