English example sentences with "tail"

Learn how to use tail in a English sentence. Over 100 hand-picked examples.

A rabbit has long ears and a short tail.

A fish swims by moving its tail.

Better to be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

Despite the fact that Mary keeps saying I was the only man she'd like to marry, when I proposed to her, she said "NO". I cannot make head or tail of it.

It had the head of a woman, the body of a lion, the wings of a bird, and the tail of a serpent.

The boy caught the dog by the tail.

I can't make head or tail of those directions.

The boy caught the cat by the tail.

The dog wagged its tail.

The dog, wagging its tail, followed its master.

The dog was wagging his tail.

I saw a dog and its tail was cut short.

This type of cat has no tail.

The peacock has a truly gorgeous tail.

The tail of a fox is longer than that of a rabbit.

As a tadpole grows, the tail disappears and legs begin to form.

Like All Ball, this one doesn't have a tail.

That dog has a short tail.

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

The dog ate the fish, bones, tail and all.

The dog wagged its tail eagerly.

It was naughty of Mary to pull the kitten's tail.

A puppy followed me wagging its tail.

It is very naughty of you to pull the kitten's tail.

My dog is wagging his tail.

My dog has a long tail.

I do not understand the problem; I could make neither head nor tail of it.

I don't understand the problem; I could make neither head nor tail of it.

I can't make head nor tail of it.

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.

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

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

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.

The male peacock has colorful tail feathers.

The caged tiger lashed its tail.

Just as if it were my tail, wherever I go, it goes too.

America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.

My cat has a big, white, bushy tail.

I can't make head or tail of what you say.

The peacock's beautiful tail helps it attract females.

The bird's beautiful tail helps it attract females.

The dog followed its master, wagging its tail.

Some learned writers have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram, because as the sting of the Scorpion lies in the tail, so the force and virtue of an epigram is in the conclusion.

If you cut the tail off of a lizard, it will grow back.

Every fox praises its tail.

The little mermaid sighed and looked sadly at her fish tail.

In the cemetery, there is a statue of a snake biting its own tail.

This kind of cat doesn't have a tail.

It went off with its tail between its legs.

He went off with his tail between his legs.

Head or tail?

My dog chased a lizard and snapped its tail off.

The United States is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.

The fish swims by moving its tail.

By seeing an elephant's tusk you know it is larger than a bull; by seeing a tiger's tail you know it is larger than a fox; by seeing one thing, you know many of them.

The end of something is not necessarily the "butt"; it could be the "tail" or the "feet."

A cat has a tail and four legs.

The dog bit the cat on the tail.

I saw a whale tail today.

A cow has a long tail.

A cow chases away flies with its tail.

Kangaroo tail soup is known as an Australian dish, because kangaroos are found in Australia.

You almost stepped on the dog's tail.

I can't make head or tail of this picture.

He could not make head or tail of it.

I stepped on Tom's dog's tail.

In helicopters, yaw is controlled through the pedals, which alter the angle of attack of the tail rotor blades.

Put your pants up, that we can see your tail!

Do not step on a dog's tail.

If the elephant is gone, who sulks for the tail?

Be careful not to step on the dog's tail.

The youngest was the prettiest of them all. Her skin was as clear and delicate as a rose-leaf, and her eyes as blue as the deepest sea, but, like all the others, she had no feet, and her body ended in a fish's tail.

The five-legged lizard had its tail cut off.

Cookie wagged his tail and barked.

A woman's tongue wags like a lamb's tail.

We were in fits of laughter when the cat twirled around the room chasing its tail.

Just when she said "Ooh, what a beautiful star," a star fell across the sky and a blue light quickly fainted in a diagonal trajectory, dragging behind a faint tail.

Tom's squirrel has a fluffy tail.

The pig's s tail is curly.

The mouse's tail is long.

When I accidentally stood on the cat's tail, she hissed at me and raced out of the room.

May we be made the head and not the tail.

Balancing himself on the tail of a comet, the astronaut explored the Milky Way.

A big dog, sitting on its tail, was watching the fire.

They've been forced to turn tail.

When the dog is happy it wags its tail.

Cats have a tail and four legs.

I couldn't make head or tail of it.

One winter's day, when it snowed, he brought out a burning-glass, then he held out the tail of his blue coat, and let the snow-flakes fall upon it. "Look in this glass, Gerda," said he; and she saw how every flake of snow was magnified, and looked like a beautiful flower or a glittering star.

A dog puts its tail between its legs and cowers when it's frightened.

First they met the watch-dog, who was going to leap on them and tear them to pieces; but they threw the remains of their bread to him, and he ate them and wagged his tail.

As the comet gets closer to the Sun, the coma grows. The solar winds push the dust and gas away from the coma causing them to stream off into space to form the comet's tail.

The International Sun-Earth Explorer 3 (ISEE-3) spacecraft made the first ever direct cometary measurements on September 11, 1985 as it flew through the tail of Comet Giacobini-Zinner.

A rat is a small animal with long, pointed teeth and a long tail.

Angels have two wings; the Devil has a tail.

The bird was sitting in the tree wagging its tail.

The boy grabbed the cat by the tail.

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