He caught the tail-end of the uncomplicated Us-vs. From Wordnik.com. [Johann Hari: If you want to see how America can change, ask Dirty Harry] Reference
The tail-end part, where the rocks are all piled up. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Flies]
Then his attention turned aside toward the tail-end. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
So we do not want to be at the tail-end of the whole thing. From Wordnik.com. [Press Conference : Stephen Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Australia, and Kasit Piromya, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thailand. ��� Parliament House, Canberra - Transcript - The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs] Reference
"I fancy it is the tail-end of the hurricane," said Mr Marline. From Wordnik.com. [The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea] Reference
Goddam Frederick militia, ain't you, comin 'in at the tail-end!. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and the angel of the lord]
There was a big crowd waiting in the lobby, us at the tail-end. From Wordnik.com. [Babbit] Reference
We remained in the square and saw the tail-end of their mess cart. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
DALY: Well, actually, I think it's kind of the tail-end of certain groups. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2003] Reference
HEMMER: Just the tail-end of that speech here in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 27, 2002] Reference
The radio was still connected and he heard the tail-end of the news broadcast. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
When it came up again it was still tail-end to the Scarboro and not half a mile away. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
As the wind got up more and more, for it was the tail-end of the north-east monsoon, as. From Wordnik.com. [The Penang Pirate and, The Lost Pinnace] Reference
And it's on the tail-end of my career, because I've got thirty-one years with the state. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Stan Hyatt, November 30, 2000. Interview K-0249. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Public taste caught up with Riverside artists, or vice versa, at the tail-end of the 1950s. From Wordnik.com. [His Virtuoso Instrument Is the Recording] Reference
That the tail-end of the crowd might have stumbled over something was a trifling consideration. From Wordnik.com. [A Dixie School Girl] Reference
The sight of the weapon, however, and the hole it had made gave Ulf just the tail-end of an idea!. From Wordnik.com. [The Iron Star — and what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages] Reference
The state's southeastern coast got the tail-end of Wilma and possibly the worst of the hurricane. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2005] Reference
The men had caught up with them and were standing there, listening to the tail-end of Patty's outburst. From Wordnik.com. [Sleeping Partners]
There was plenty of noise and enthusiasm, but I was unawakened until the tail-end of the procession came. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference
We came in on the tail-end of that, only we'd no guns, and it was too late to help our poor chaps, anyway. From Wordnik.com. [The La Chance Mine Mystery] Reference
So this is the tail-end of the process in which we are looking -- utilizing a means in the line-item veto. From Wordnik.com. [Raines Bell Hamre Press Briefing On The Line Item Veto] Reference
At the tail-end of this I must repeat (for this is the overall impression left by Wyvern) that I was tired. From Wordnik.com. [Surprised by Joy]
Makes more sense than attributing a four-day decline to an event that took place at the tail-end of that period. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Closes To Within Three Points In Gallup National Tracking Poll] Reference
Soon Pedro shifted his right hand to the tail-end of the turtle and thereafter navigated his living craft with ease. From Wordnik.com. [Dick in the Everglades] Reference
They went forward in about the same manner as before, with Mark keeping Landy company at the tail-end of the procession. From Wordnik.com. [Afloat or, Adventures on Watery Trails] Reference
As for why the film did so well, it's another case of making something old feel new again right at the tail-end of summer. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Mendelson: Weekend Box Office: Expendables Explodes, Eat Pray Love Is Bountiful, While Scott Pilgrim vs. the World lacks Game Genie.] Reference
He was thin, somewhere in the tail-end thirties, and would probably soon be promoted to become one of the superiors he despised. From Wordnik.com. [To The Hilt]
Any companies running Vista are at the tail-end of a rollout, says Wedeking, and do not have the budget for another upgrade so soon. From Wordnik.com. [Windows 7 Migrations: Five Real Challenges & Lessons Learned] Reference
There were purrs and head-butts and lots of scratches on that spot at the bottom of the back that makes one raise their tail-end. From Wordnik.com. [chicagojo Diary Entry] Reference
Certainly, since forming The Fall in his native Salford at the tail-end of the '70s, his music has rarely attracted as much acclaim. From Wordnik.com. [FallNet - Old people worry about the milk] Reference
It was fun until the tail-end of the final show, when I had become hungry, tired, and consequentially bad-tempered and easily annoyed. From Wordnik.com. [oatcake Diary Entry] Reference
Never mind that, Alex, what about England's latest addition to its number of heroic tail-end batsemen able to support Paul Collingwood?. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
The tail-end of the aircraft slammed down, and the aircraft itself commenced a flat spin across the nonskid, headed directly toward them. From Wordnik.com. [Joint Operations]
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