How to Use the tail end in a Sentence

the tail end

noun
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  • Here’s a view of the tail end of the storm from near Dulles.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • But coming in at the tail end of the shoot, there was no time.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
  • At the same time, the pandemic happened at the tail end of all the press for The Farewell.
    — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The club is nearing the tail end of a stretch of 10 matches across 35 days.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 30 May 2023
  • At the tail end of her travels, Sachi lived in Paris and worked as an au pair.
    — Francesca Gariano, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
  • In some respects, the past year looks more like the tail end of one than the beginning.
    — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Which happened at the tail end of Justice League, right?
    — Hemal Jhaveri, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2023
  • There’s even some chance of rain returning by the tail end of the weekend.
    — oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2023
  • That sentiment gleams through too at the tail end of the finale.
    — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
  • Bringing up the tail end of the parade is Mars, up even higher in the sky near the crescent moon.
    — Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Published in 1955, the short novel is set at the tail end of the First Indochina War.
    — Eric Nguyen, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
  • One by one the band filed out to their spots onstage, with Springsteen coming at the tail end.
    — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Meta’s Threads launch coincides with the tail end of a rocky week for Twitter.
    — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
  • LaPierre must pay a fine for getting caught at the tail end of a long, lucrative grift.
    — Francis Wilkinson, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Apart is also that or, at least, the tail end of the relationship.
    — Vulture, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The couple welcomed their baby boy, Sidney, at the tail end of 2022.
    — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The Rams are young and can be hit over the top, but that defensive line and linebacker core have impressed at the tail end of the season.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2024
  • With both of his calves cramping up, Lee had to take a seat on the bench near the tail end of the third quarter, but the damage had already been done.
    — Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The number of donors started sharply declining right around the tail end of the Great Recession in 2010.
    — Celia Ford, Vox, 10 July 2024
  • At no point, even in the slip-and-slide, did the tail end shimmy out unexpectedly.
    — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Crowds are lightest in the fall toward the tail end of hurricane season.
    — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2023
  • The last time Colorado had a rate that high was in early 2008 at the tail end of a housing boom fueled by easy credit.
    — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • His pass intended for the tight end was picked off by rookie safety Jaquan Amos in the end zone near the tail end of practice.
    — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
  • While Hertha is battling relegation at the tail end of the table, Union competes for the head spot.
    — Marie Schulte-Bockum, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Following the 49ers' goal, the Kansas City Chiefs answered with one of their own to tie the game at the tail end of regulation.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Maybe it was made up for the sake of readership because that is getting towards the tail end of the Golden Age of Piracy, the 1720s.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Last seen en masse at the tail end of the Aughts, bubble skirts once signaled preppy, moneyed glamour.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 27 June 2024
  • Three of them ran last year, only to scratch at the tail end of their slog down the Bering Sea coast amid a fierce storm that required rescuers to bring them to safety.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The verdict came at the tail end of a chaotic Thursday morning in San Francisco.
    — Chris Young, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Second, Vera’s mother would die of breast cancer while Vera was at the tail end of med school.
    — Amy Scharf, Scientific American, 11 Jan. 2024

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