How to Use the tail end in a Sentence

the tail end

noun
  • The old days had ups and downs, and the tail end of it didn’t end so well.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2025
  • But coming in at the tail end of the shoot, there was no time.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The salmon usually lie at the tail end of this flow.
    — Ralph Tuttle, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026
  • That sentiment gleams through too at the tail end of the finale.
    — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
  • There’s even some chance of rain returning by the tail end of the weekend.
    — oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2023
  • But the tail end of spring cleaning season is when the supply is at its best.
    — Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
  • In some respects, the past year looks more like the tail end of one than the beginning.
    — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
  • At the tail end of her travels, Sachi lived in Paris and worked as an au pair.
    — Francesca Gariano, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
  • At the rear of the aircraft, a staircase ascends into the tail end of the plane.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Apart is also that or, at least, the tail end of the relationship.
    — Vulture, 14 Feb. 2023
  • But those discounts only kicked in at the tail end of the chain’s second quarter.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 29 July 2024
  • And just outside, a wooden bridge spans the tail end of the guesthouse’s private pool.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2025
  • But the tail end of Creedence was unhappy.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • The club is nearing the tail end of a stretch of 10 matches across 35 days.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 30 May 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
  • Instead, his wait extended all the way to the tail end of Day 2.
    — Jim Reineking, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Farmers may plant more canola in the hopes of catching at least the tail end of the vegetable oil price increase.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 20 July 2025
  • Crowds are lightest in the fall toward the tail end of hurricane season.
    — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2023
  • Does the company change its strategy to re-sign stars who are at the tail end of their careers?
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Haggerty missed the tail end of last season with an ankle injury but has been healthy this spring.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Two survivors were pulled from the tail end of the wreckage with moderate injuries.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Tuesday's storm system is the tail end of a system that's coming in from the northwest.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Meta’s Threads launch coincides with the tail end of a rocky week for Twitter.
    — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • There is a place, perhaps, for reflections at the tail end of a long and accomplished career.
    — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
  • From his view, coming back at the tail end of a 4-13 campaign wasn’t a decision.
    — Oliver Thomas, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • But that wasn’t the case for Stramp, who led the Indians to new heights in the tail end of his career.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2026

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