How to Use tail off in a Sentence

tail off

verb
  • Our guys played their tail off.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2025
  • And man, those dudes just work their tail off.
    — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Fights his tail off to get first downs and just to win.
    — Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The sun was low, and the wind was tailing off.
    — Hank Bradshaw, Outdoor Life, 24 June 2026
  • But interest in sea drones didn’t tail off.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Results tailed off in the late 1970s.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • That seemed to tail off after Johnson signed the law.
    — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • Cut the corn off the cob, and take the tails off the shrimp and toss with the sausage and diced potatoes.
    — Amanda Stanfield, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
  • To an extent, data bears out the idea that these crackdowns tail off.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
  • That football team just worked their tail off to get an SEC win.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Morgan Rogers, so good earlier in the season, has tailed off.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • However, that has tailed off significantly in the second half of the year.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Crow-Armstrong tailed off in the second half, as has been well-documented, with only six homers.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • At others, the episode tails off; dialogue subsides into silence, as though by default.
    — Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The Giants catered to their LGBTQ fans and pandered their tails off.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
  • Lee isn’t concerned with Knueppel tailing off down the stretch offensively.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Tatum tallied nine points and nine rebounds in the first quarter of Game 6, but his production tailed off as the night progressed.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
  • Making winning plays, finishing at the rim, and fighting his tail off defensively.
    — Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Mingo was set to return after four weeks, and Brooks and Jalen Cropper were hot on his tail off the practice squad.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Helman had a very hot stretch in late July and August, but tailed off badly in September.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But neighbors said the extra measures tailed off about the time Hale was convicted in April 2004.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Christie started a handful of games for Dallas last winter, but his production tailed off in the final weeks of the regular season.
    — Christian Clark, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Not only is Correa playing well in games and practicing his tail off, he's been looking to some of his peers for guidance, but in the form of good old-fashioned film study.
    — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Tortorella improves the team — often dramatically — early on, but then things tail off shortly after.
    — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Narváez, who has started 35 games behind the plate, has seen his playing time tail off since the Red Sox recalled Gasper on May 7.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 6 June 2026
  • However, Simpson’s play dramatically tailed off over his final seven games.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • For instance, Hernández dominated for a six-year stretch, winning a Cy Young Award, before tailing off.
    — The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Queen has certainly tailed off from the first few months of his rookie campaign, especially as the Pelicans have become more serious about trying to win games in the second half.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Welcome to a Friday Nightcaps — the one where Olivia Dunne parties her tail off while Paul Skenes get lit up like a firecracker.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Legette, meanwhile, had an OK season in 2024 as a rookie but has seen all of his numbers slightly tail off in 2025.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026

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