Sometimes he would tap his tail against the earth. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow took a quarter from his pocket, tails up. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She worried the tail of her thick braid. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even the little tail curled up with an impudence that made Tree-ear smile. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Ziggy is at her feet, wagging his tail, like he already knows he’s getting a walk. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And then a few hours later he’d return home to Roz, shaking his tail feathers and honking about his latest airborne adventures. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Diving into a tunnel, he came out on the other side and landed on Jello’s tail. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a hot pink leotard with a cotton ball tail and a headband with pink, glittery ears. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then they bounded away, with a flash of little white tail. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scrambled to her feet, still half asleep, and saw the tail end of her horse disappearing through the trees. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I can answer your questions in two shakes of a lamb’s tail.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She bent over, shivering, examining a trap, not liking the scaly look of the tails of the muskrats and yet not liking to see them caught in the traps. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cat, not finding that apples were good to eat, batted the small ones across the yard, imagining they had ears and tails and other parts that made things worth chasing. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, she was wearing an expensive-looking scarf of furry tails fastened on one side by a dangling gilt chain. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Though a little lower at the withers and nearly half a foot shorter, nose to tail, Seabiscuit seemed a cumbersome giant in comparison. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its front legs rear up, then its back legs as it leaps, its tail a flash of white. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cat-like ones gave an occasional twitch of the tail but otherwise all were still. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

They activate and silence genes, thereby defining the embryo’s axis from head to tail. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Out in the dust-clouded yard, Riker’s tyrannosaurus leaned down and gobbled up a man in a prison uniform, then swept its tail in a wide arc, clobbering two knuckleskulls and sending their riders flying. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The monstrous army swarmed him, but the Maeonian drakon flattened everything in its path, sweeping its tail and spraying poison while Damasen jabbed at Tartarus, forcing the god to retreat like a cornered lion. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I caressed him, and he wagged his great tail; but he looked an eerie creature to be alone with, and I could not tell whence he had come. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Slowly, Soraya came to us, tailed by a pro­cession of young female relatives. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as we were turning onto the main road into town, I saw a black horse out in a field, eating grass and swishing its tail at flies. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A fat sleek ranch cat walked across the road carrying a rat so large that its tail dragged on the ground. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was covered with an old faded red blanket full of fox tails and burrs and sand, for he took it on all his collecting trips. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worried that it might strike us with its tail, but it went straight down and vanished in the dark blue. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

After English, I walk slowly to our lunch table, the tails of my armband hanging limply down my arm. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

‘And a short stumpy tail grows out of your back just above your bottom. There is no cure for ratitis. I ought to know. I’m a doctor.’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She threaded her fingers through the tail of her long braid. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But, in between these halts, he ran swiftly and steadily, his long slim body and tail low to the ground. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not whole lizard. Just tail. Because it was so cute and little.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

They began dating at the tail end of last year. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Clayton wasn’t much of a runner but the thought of a train or a cop on his tail turned him into a sprinter. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He has the best tail that ever grew off the back of any dog. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The dog swished her tail—once, then another time. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Once you got it gripped good, and believe me, you gonna be surprised how strong one them cats is, grab his tail right at his butt and stretch him out. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

They each wrapped around Håkon’s legs, and one around his tail, and they held him in place, like he’d been mounted in midair. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Noodle looks like the others, black jeans hanging low, covered by the tail of a white button-up shirt. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Missy surged into motion, her tail thrashing back and forth furiously, propelling them toward the blockade with dizzying speed. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I put some space between us and watched MacDuff run back and forth on the lawn, sniffing and wagging his tail. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He thumped his tail and grinned, as if he’d merely been seeking affection. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The monkey’s tail was erect, the snow leopard’s swept powerfully from side to side. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Only the tail end of a marsh rat held any meat at all. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He turned to look at where his tail had been, and as he did, Despereaux drew his needle and placed the sharp tip of it right where the rats heart should be. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He grab her dress tail and pull She stand there in her slip. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wagged his tail, took a better grip on his burden, and trotted up to her. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No wonder we have been chasing our tails!” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cream strapless gown Valerie wears hugs tightly around her curves before blooming out in a fish's tail. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“All for the chance at a little tail,” I said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Seems that the wolf and I both made out okay in this affair: He got a little snack, and I got an eternal reprieve from Violet’s vicious tail. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A magnificent bird with a long green tail stepped delicately across a walk. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horse, a shining brown gelding with a black mane and tail, came into view first. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of cheaply stringing dragonflies by the tail, we could fly expensive kites, the sky splendid in Chinese colors, distracting ghost eyes while the new people sneak in. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tail of the mist snake disappeared into the mummy’s mouth. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They all run after the farmer’s wife, She cut off their tails with a carving knife, Did you ever see such a sight in your life, As three... blind... mice? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ray’s nubby tail wags so hard it seems like it could snap off and bounce down the gravel driveway. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The demon walked upright, possessing three arms, three legs, and three tails. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He must be in some kind of wolf dis­ grace, for he walked with his tail between his legs and he was not allowed to eat with the pack. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

For this one I’d wear pink feathers, purple stars, if that were what he wanted; or anything else, even the tail of a rabbit. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Pe-2 had twin tails and twin engines, one engine on each wing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She cups the muzzle of one of the white horses, a striking Arabian with a silver mane and tail. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

His fluffy tail swayed from side to side. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I think they’re kind of cute, but Mama says squirrels are just rats with bushy tails. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Seven got up and ran toward the cuco, then with both hands grabbed its tail and pulled it back and away from Beefy and Valley, who were fighting it off together. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The dog looked up and wagged its crooked tail when Kira called a greeting. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It appeared that Bill Hale’s lawyers—just as his friends predicted—had clipped the government’s tail feathers good,” one writer observed. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

From the tail, I pulled that nice piece of meat that everybody misses. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The exposed tails from last night suddenly make sense. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Known jewel thief and treasure hunter. But don’t worry—the FBI and I are on his tail, sir.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

His tail tried to wag inside the duffel. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then Laura and Mary took turns holding the pig’s tail over the coals. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ulysses looked up at Flora, and then he looked down at his tail. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

And were face to face with a semi-transparent guy in medieval garb with a fur-trimmed cap and a beard that looked like two raccoon tails sewn together under his nose and chin. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

For nearly half an hour they climbed a steep, winding, and stony path, following Sirius’s wagging tail, sweating in the sun, the shoulder straps of Harry’s bag cutting into his shoulders. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Water ran off her head and shoulders, her beak, and her tail. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

With their tails between their legs and trotting side by side, they started back. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they walked through the armory, Ghost sniffed at them, his tail upraised and bristling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was the time the pickup truck had run over his tail. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

A hail of sharp stones and pebbles whizzed upwards, rattling against the masonry as Cluny waved his tail in the meadow below. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Kepler described comets as darting through space “as the fishes in the sea,” but being dissipated by sunlight, as the cometary tail always points away from the sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slivers of gray fish pickled in white glue, smoked fish with yellow eyes that bulged, raw red fish without heads or tails. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Taken off balance, he went head over tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

My face was as red as a fox’s tail. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two dogs waved their tails and ran ahead. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, I whistle and call, “Come, Spot,” and the dog does, trailing beside me, his stump of a tail high. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He said harshly, therefore, “Now what, woman? Cannot I say comb out your horse’s tail of hair without this trouble over it?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

In the deep center a large carp flipped its tail and then disappeared as quickly as it had surfaced. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She wagged her tail as though she understood. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His teeth were long and yellow, his tail a spiked lash, his eyes the color of tombs. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Or how does a head know not to be a tail? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He sat next to the drowned man with his enormous paws neatly propped together on the dead man’s lap, his tail wagging a mile a minute. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He licked my face, his tail swishing back and forth on the dusty ground. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Say hello to your new foot!” he said, slapping the wood with his tail. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It stopped, and its tail rose up over its back in little jerks and the curved thorn on the tail’s end glistened. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mutt tucks his tail and keeps his head low. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

How the feathers were different—rounder—before they suddenly speared into the tail. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The wind was blowing harder, and the mare’s long tail streamed around them like tall dune grass; the corral gate bumped back and forth in the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

If I went for the tail, the thing’s pincers came from either side and tried to grab me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He pressed his four hands to his heart and fell down heavily upon his great bottom, curling his tail around his body in a protective gesture. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

When hogs bite each other’s tails because of stress, the industry cuts off their tails. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Newton noted that the matter in the tails of comets is dissipated in interplanetary space, lost to the comet and little by little attracted gravitationally to nearby planets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Jupiter were a meter across, our comet would be smaller than a speck of dust, but when fully developed, its tail would be as great as the distances between the worlds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held the scourging tail in one claw, while gripped in the other was his war standard, topped by the ferret skull with the addition of the tattered tapestry square depicting Martin the Warrior. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He fixed his attention on Nero, who lay draped over a branch, tail twitching, eyes on the dog. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She remembered how she had hated the scaly tails of the muskrats, the wild smell of them, and yet did not want to find them caught fast in the traps. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure: "Dear Bled, have met Robin and shaved tail. Signed, Emerson." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His only suggestion was that the race be held sooner than September, as the form of either horse might tail off before then. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“With any of them your children will come out with the tail of a pig.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Queenie’s white tail stump is visible for only a moment before she burrows further into the straw, like a crab in sand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A mockingbird trilled a note from where it perched upon the hand of the moonlit Founder, flipping its moon-mad tail above the head of the eternally kneeling slave. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wagged his tail and sniffed at me until he realized Dad had the food, then trotted off after him. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Laughing triumphantly, Cluny seized the little fat friar by his tail and dragged him from his hiding place. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The dog dances around his feet, her stump of a tail wagging furiously. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

As for the mako, except for the tips of the tail and the mouth area, incongruously untouched, it was a half-eaten, butchered mess. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cats’ ears and tails may twitch as they sleep, and sleeping dogs may whine and growl and paw the air, as if they were having a fight. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if someone tailed them up the mountain and decided to wait until morning to strike? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Unlike most Cealdish men he was clean-shaven and wore his hair long, pulled back into a tail. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The spray made a blue fan behind her, a peacock tail of water, and he was helping her, lifting her up and over it with his hand, smiling down on her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On her last visit, the year before Harry started at Hogwarts, Harry had accidentally trodden on the tail of her favorite dog. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They walked on two legs, not four, but they often had horses’ hoofs instead of feet, sometimes horses’ ears, and always horses’ tails. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bobbed her head up and down and nervously stacked and restacked her tail feathers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“At least I think it was him? It was just a giant snake tail. But it felt like him?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The torso narrowed to a long, long tail. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Nero twitched his tail and stalked to the back of the cave. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The morning of King Joffrey's name day dawned bright and windy, with the long tail of the great comet visible through the high scuttling clouds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He slept, deep and down with only the picture of the plane tail sticking up in his mind. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

All around her, Buttercup could hear them beeping and screaming and thrashing their mighty tails. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It flicked its tail greedily at them, circling, circling, circling. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“That’s when I lost part of my tail and cracked my fin. Not a big deal when I’m in fish form, but it’s a bit inconvenient here at Sea Bottom.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Naked, with long reptilian tails, arched backs, and heads that jut forward. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As we run, she yips and wags her tail, which is really just a stump because someone cut it off when she was born. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“But most eleven-year-olds’ deepest thoughts have to do with skipping stones, and how to swing a cat by the tail.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The manticore threw off his coat and transformed into his true self, his lion claws extended and his spiky tail bristling with poison barbs. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

A broad rounded tail slapped the surface so hard, it sounded like a rifle. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then Salva saw the telltale flick of a crocodile’s tail as it flopped into the water near the young man. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry Cat leaped up to the shelf just in time to keep his tail from being burned. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d worked too hard to get a lead on Mr. Flux to simply turn tail. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

You could tell from the way the mouse’s tail was flying behind that in the picture there was a strong wind, maybe gale-force seven. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The puppy was a combination of several colors, big feet, a whirligig of a tail, and lopsided ears. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He manages to get the next two buttons on his shirt undone before Henry grabs it by the tails and pulls it off over his head and makes quick work of his own. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I whistled for him, and he came to me, wagging his tail and panting a look that said, This is so out of order! Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was shocked and delighted and overwhelmed, wagging his tail nervously, sniffing about in this strange, fluffy substance, whimpering with the mystery of it all. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was why Shasta soon found himself at the tail end of the procession. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

His face darkened with fury, and he whipped his tail up. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

They backed away with their tails between their legs. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

MacDuff followed him inside, wagging his tail, shaking snow off his fur. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It has yellow eyes, bronze horns and similarly coloured spikes that protrude from its long tail. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hidden behind the eastern pine, its yellow tail popping out from behind the rough bark. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Without warning, Cluny charged headlong into the new recruits, lashing out wildly with his scourging tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A silent head and beak lanced down and plucked it out by the head, and the beak swallowed the little snake while its tail waved frantically. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to the horse, lifted its tail, and blew a stream of silvery smoke at the horse’s behind. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Then I sling an arm around it and make for the closest boat as if all the jinn of air and sea are on my tail. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But Tonya, back in the tail gunner’s compartment, was overcome by leaking fuel fumes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Glerk sat heavily on the floor, his great tail curled around his body, reading over the note that Xan had left for Luna. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A sequence of twenty coin flips which resulted in ten heads followed by ten tails just one run of heads. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all went to the party store together and bought the coolest costumes—a red bodysuit with sparkles all over it, red shimmery tights, and a long tail. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Boots stuck the soggy end of a stuffed dog’s tail in her mouth and reached up both arms to him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Its tail wasn’t flipping up and down the way the dolphin’s had, or even the baby porpoise’s. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When back turned into tail, he closed his hand loosely around it and let it flow through his fingers. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I realize that it’s supposed to be a tail. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cow reminds me of Josefa, my family’s cow in Yana Urku, and like Josefa, she quickly becomes my friend, flicking her tail happily when I rub the space between her enormous eyes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wagged his tail and flopped his tongue out of his mouth in a wide smile. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Fred skittered out of the doghouse with his tail tucked between his legs. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The teacup lion yelps out a tiny roar as the girl yanks its tail. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

On those days I had the thrill of getting up even earlier, grooming Quince until she shone, plaiting her mane and tail, oiling her hooves, then traveling with her in the horse trailer. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess the skinny legs and tail make the vet think Chihuahua.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I sliced a bright yellow kite with a coiled white tail. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Håkon squeaked and pulled his tail tighter to him, pushing off to try to gain some ground as his blood spattered the rocks behind him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She, hopped off the couch and ran toward me, almost tripping over her oversize socks, my socks, dragging behind her like two tails on her feet. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Abram Vole struggled to shield his wife and son with his body as the tail flailed out a second time. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But with each step, Brutus's tail would wag harder and harder. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

A dead rodent with a pointed nose and a long tail. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

After Nuwa, the goddess with the fish tail, mended the sky, there were still many problems. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The animals were larger than I expected, languid and sinewy, their tails flicking as they monitored our approach. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It only took me a minute to find it—a small wooden airplane, hand-carved, with a note taped to the tail. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

This one was showy all right, with his strange, pale coat and mane and tail like mahogany. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even his paintbrush was by the book, made from the tip of a squirrel’s tail. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Buried clear to their butts in composting cow manure, the pigaerators were a bobbing sea of wriggling hams and corkscrew tails. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I couldn't help smiling in spite of the pain in my tail. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

It had been running along the ridge of the fence and she’d been mesmerized by the undulating arc its body and tail had traced as it ran. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I examined the raw stump of a tail, oozing blood. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The serpent curled around, thinking it would snag the net with its tail and use its whole body to rip it asunder. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

In that optimistic, postwar America, which I caught the tail end of, everybody was the master of his own destiny, so it only followed that my father would try to be the master of his. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He sat up and sniffed it and wagged his tail and took the candy from between my fin' gers real gentle. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, can you recall anything about his tail?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Corvids don’t give a flying tail feather about height,” Bongo said. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

If the first tail occurs before the twentieth flip, you must pay $100. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

You used to pull their tails off when you were little. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Angular nose, wide middle that narrowed into an aerodynamic tail. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She said to me: “Go jerk a long hair out of Jumper’s tail, Son. But stand to one side, so he won’t kick you.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They carried no rattles to warn in advance of a strike, but Roy saw that the tips of their stubby tails had been dipped in blue and silver sparkles, the kind used in art projects. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be pleased with what he saw for he always wagged his tail. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, roaring with rage, he tried to leap to his feet, only to be wrenched back painfully by his nailed tail. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

A mouse with a needle tied around his waist, a mouse with no tail. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The driver Dori Dilson wears a tailed white tuxedo and tall silk hat, but it is her passenger who rivets the crowd. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

There was a roar, and she felt Adiah push past her, and when she opened her eyes again, the end of her bottlebrush tail was already disappearing up the square opening above. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He turned to open the refrigerator door, and that’s when Genie noticed something was sticking up from the back of his pants like a short tail. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Faro started retracing my morning’s route, tail wagging, backtracking easily. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She dropped to her knees and gave the tail a tentative tug. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He was clothed in a coat of velvet and diamond dust with long, fluttering tails in the shape of knife blades, and his boots were white spectral leather buckled with lys. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He gripped tight to the boat's tail, hoping that when the time came, he'd know what to say, and that he'd have the courage to say it. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Shiloh, of course, goes right over, tail wagging, but all the steam’s gone out of me. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The bishop’s wife wants to know when we are going to give a fancy dress ball at Manderley,” I said, watching him out of the tail of my eye. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Charley sighed a great sigh and his tail wagged slowly up from the floor and down again. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘They all do that, to make their tails grow longer. I’m surprised you don’t know.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man fell back, and his pinscher dæmon, who had been baring her teeth at the mild-mannered golden monkey, instantly cowered and tucked her tail stump as low as it would go. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Burkhart said that Lawson had nothing to do with the explosion, explaining, “You have got the wrong pig by the tail.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He bowed his head and his long, red tail started thumping the ground. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What has been going on?” she said, looking at the sweets all over the floor and Ron picking up Scabbers by his tail. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

His long sinuous tail thrashed to and fro as he measured the distance to the ground. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shiloh goes nuts trying to uncover my face, nudging at my. arms with his nose, tail going ninety miles an hour. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry clutched the window ledge in relief as he recognized the bottlebrush tail. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He had seven claws on each foot and a thick, furry tail, which lashed angrily from side to side. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The newsmen, in agonies of curiosity, tailed them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see how the back wheels were spinning uselessly, kicking back rooster tails of mud in the dark. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He lifted Charley in his arms and carried him out and laid him in the front seat of the convertible, and the tufted tail twittered against the leather. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something had sprung up behind Dr. Thorn—like a catapult, but more flexible . . . almost like a tail. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then he wagged his tail so hard that he knocked some oranges off a display, and they went rolling everywhere, mixing in with the tomatoes and onions and green peppers. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had a sad little tail, barely long enough to brush his hocks. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he stopped, he shook his whole body from head to tail. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When the Captain took a swing at him there, he leaped daintily to the floor, taking a cup down with his tail. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tail had a fine, tight curl in it. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Refers to the Bible story in which Samson captured foxes, tied torches to their tails, and let them burn the fields of the Philistines. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The cat curled the high tip of its tail into a question mark, and tipped its head to one side. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

His eyes moved from the golden registration number at the top of the handle, right down to the perfectly smooth, streamlined birch twigs that made up the tail. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was the tail end of the baby boom in a heavily Catholic community, back when Catholics still listened to Rome on matters of birth control. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Its hallmark was the “Clovis point,” a four-inch spearhead with a slightly cut-in, concave tail; in silhouette, the points somewhat resemble those goldfish-shaped cocktail crackers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

"Well...” said Chester, "I, uh...that is…” At this point, Chester started to bathe his tail, which is a cat’s way of changing a subject he finds uncomfortable. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lashing out with tails and claws, taking huge chunks of one another or their own bodies with wide, lathered mouths, driven mad by their need to destroy me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In the fields, nothing moved except the constantly swishing tails of the cows gathered flank to flank in the shade. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had the bodies, hind legs, and tails of horses, but the front legs, wings, and heads of what seemed to be giant eagles, with cruel, steel-colored beaks and large, brilliantly orange eyes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Dismay thumped his tail from under the table. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pax followed him out and watched until he slipped into a hole a few tail lengths away. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was, Harry knew, the centaurs’ tribute: He saw them turn tail and disappear back into the cool trees. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Only Clover remained, and Benjamin, who lay down at Boxer’s side, and, without speaking, kept the flies off him with his long tail. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Pap said, “I’m thinking it’s that black one with the white spot on her tail. We’ll see how good my eye is.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Without moving another muscle, the rat flicked his tail. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the rows of tables, big and small fish alike flap their tails on blocks of ice underneath them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he’s broken his Hand of Glory,” said Ron vaguely, as he attempted to straighten his broomstick’s bent tail twigs. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Bob stumbled, the wispy comet tail of his life force growing longer as it was sucked toward the face of the god. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Finally the monkey got itself jammed down in a crack behind a cage with its tail sticking out, and Sergeant Amen hit the tail with a massive dose of anesthetic. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This shadow had wings the size of small boats and tail feathers that looked like trailing ribbons. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The car that had chased him from the house was right on his tail. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Grandma, meanwhile, had finished a beautiful dance fan made of a partridge tail. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He flounced off, swishing his tail, muttering about going outside to take the air. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

His tail wags, and his whole body vibrates. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Their tail fins flashed out of the water, their heads swung out. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I watch, the tail forms one wavering curve after another, snaking back and forth, betraying his cool face, telling its own story of uncertainty and fear. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I heard nothing, but Nero’s back rose and his tail puffed to twice its normal size. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

A pair of ears, a tail and some whiskers. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a group of coatis running with their tails in the air and their long noses pointed along the ground. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took him a while to persuade her to wake up and then to look at him, as she kept shuffling around on her perch, showing him her tail. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he lashed out with his tail, trying to loose the hold on his neck, and struck the side of a rock. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon afterward Kaede saw the flash of a white tail just off to her left. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Its fur was a mix of light and dark brown, thick and bristly, and it had a bushy tail. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But then a quarter of a billion people, a whole subcontinent, rallied behind Gandhi—and they twisted the British lion’s tail! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the morning bathing him and combing him and picking burrs out of his tail and ticks off of his ears. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Another jumped on his tail, and before he could discipline either, all five were upon him. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right below the whale’s tail were some words penned in June’s neat handwriting. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Harry saw his bald tail whip through the manacle on Ron’s outstretched arm and heard a scurrying through the grass. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mark sits on a seat at the tail end of the vessel and twists backward to look up at the towering skyscraper, where the dwindling glow of the day’s sunshine reflects an amber sheen. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Only thing I can think to do is drag the fish behind the skiff, tail first. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Harry swished his tail around him and said, “Yes, he knows.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The porcupine turned at the instant of his spring, aware of the danger, and with incredible swiftness for such a clumsy-looking animal, spun round, whipping its terrible tail in the dog’s face. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went and touched the skin on top of the head and touched the tail, but even so nobody touched an eyeball. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buttercup gives a flick of his tail that I take as agreement. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Winn-Dixie nudged me with his wet nose and wagged his tail; when he saw I wasn’t going, he trotted after Gloria. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Flip flop, flip flop; he tripped and fell flat on his tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Dismay thumped his tail as if, even asleep, he knew Declaration was there. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped for a moment and looked back and saw in the reflection from the street light the great tail of the fish standing up well behind the skiff’s stern. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as she yanks off her coat to cover a wailing child, I notice the duck tail formed by her untucked shirt. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The comet and its tail approaches slowly among the stars and the people standing around the room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Elsie raced through the fields, chasing wild turkeys or grabbing the family mule by the tail and thrashing against him until Lawrence pulled her off. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe the children and Mr. Morrison would forget why it was a good day with a promise on its tail. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He clipped his white tail and made Rabscuttle nibble his fur short and stain it with mud and blackberries. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

To them, the answer to why she thought she wasn't being tailed was simple: She lacked the experience to pick up on her KGB surveillance team. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wrapped Charley’s tail in red Kleenex and fastened it with rubber bands. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Old woman with a hot tail for gossip!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he shook his tail feathers, flapped his wings, and joined the flock. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

His tail, too, was made of real rabbit fur and was fluffy and soft and well shaped. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

She is wearing a red hat, and her tail curls like a pig’s. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“I feel as if I had caught an elephant by its tail, without meaning to,” Frisch wrote to his mother. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And right beside them went my doe, running all humped up and with her white, pointed tail clamped tight to her rump. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was Wishbone, wagging his tail as he trotted toward us, dragging his leash on the ground behind him. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Crookshanks was still staring unblinkingly at Ron, flicking the end of his bushy tail. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He could not make head or tail of them and soon grew restless. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The chocolates are shaped like mice, with almond ears and licorice tails. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Wishbone’s tail swished back and forth in the dry red dirt. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He snorted and pawed the ground before turning and trotting off, tail held high in the air. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

This was before my time; I joined the college in 1965 at the tail end of the bitterness, when similar disagreements forced another Nobel Prize-winning Master, Sir Nevill Mott, to resign. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Criteria like this can be used to determine how likely it is that sequences of heads and tails or Xs and Os or hits and misses are randomly generated. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Got sharp enough tusks and barbs on them tails,” said the shorter man. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Blue days, as they sprinted against the sea breeze and chased the gulls until Turner finally, finally, finally touched a tail feather. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Emboldened by his ownership of Martin’s weapon, Matthias tickled the tail lightly with the sword point. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The coast guard vessel was definitely on our tail now. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He dodged my attack and slammed his tail into my shield, knocking me aside. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She looked down at Franz, and her faithful dog grinned at her and wagged his tail. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the river, which ran directly beneath the castle wall, there was a man ploughing in the fields, with his plough tied to the horse’s tail. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flip a coin continuously until a tail appears for the first time. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have black skin, but I don’t have a tail. As far as I know—I never thought to look,” Cora said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Ella springs up from the sofa like her tail is on fire. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that your cat’s tail under the dresser?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but, you know, I still don’t really get the idea of why words all mean different things. Like, who says that d-o-g means the thing that goes ‘woof’ and wags its tail? Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He flicked his tail at them and sneered. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She was sitting on a boulder in it, with her tail in the burn, and looking up at the drawbridge with her head on one side. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tucked his tail and lit out in a yelling run for the woods. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He even lifted his tail and head higher than Miyax had ever seen him do, and, acting like the boss wolf, loped up her frost heave. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jerked the boat’s tail up in surprise, cutting off the motor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Sleek and shiny, with a mahogany handle, it had a long tail of neat, straight twigs and Nimbus Two Thousand written in gold near the top. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

An entire flock of bat-like creatures with long flowing tails bursts out and swims through the sky in the opposite direction. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He rolled over, stood up and, tail between his legs, fled into the twilight. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horse stood quietly in the center of the chaos, his tail in the air and his ribs heaving in and out as the waves of fans pushed up to his sides. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flicked her head to see that wolf firmly attached to her tail. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was sailing along on a pair of water skis that fanned rooster tails beyond the edge of the sign. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then the kitten executed a graceful leap out of Hyacinth’s arms and trotted inside, the tip of her tail flicking behind her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Thorn threw a rat tail into a cauldron between them and jumped back when the potion in progress squealed and turned green. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

When I looked back, the old man was circling around like a dog trying to catch a fly on its tail. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The fuzzy body rocked, the tail spread to steady it, and the little duck hawk almost sighed as she sank into the leaves, sleeping. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens of paintings of harems, fat women lolling on divans, turbans on their heads or velvet caps, being fanned with peacock tails, a eunuch in the background standing guard. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So the white strobe you see”—I point—“is the tail.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

They have grumbling lions with gleaming teeth and a snaking line of elephants, each clutching the limp tail in front of her. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

No one could match the smooth erudition of Bawden or the assured nihilism of Pirie, who strongly disliked the notion that some phages have tails or that TMV is of fixed length. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Here’s a sentence with its “tail” in the wrong place. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, when she tried to take a step and tumbled onto her tail, it was awfully charming. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Johnny was already in his leather breeches, pulling on his coarse shirt, tucking in the tails. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not! And if turning up my hair makes me one, I’ll wear it in two tails till I’m twenty,” cried Jo, pulling off her net, and shaking down a chestnut mane. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was getting near the far side of the field when all of a sudden Faro came to a point—tail straight, paw lifted, nose forward. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

His thin whippy tail began to sweep to and fro and a bright gleam appeared in the slanted black-currant eyes. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the first place, he’d get to swishing his tail and stomping his feet at flies and maybe scare off my game. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

See, a woman above, with the tail of a fish.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He bent down just in time to grab Crookshanks by the end of his bushy tail and drag him outside. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Teddy asked, pulling out a pitchfork, a set of devil ears, a red tail, and a pair of red feetie pajamas. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cuts off its tail while the other distracts it in front.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The water from the fish’s tail flip splashed on her and startled her out of her daze. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I was glad to see the dogs there, sitting before the fire, and Jasper, the younger, came over to me at once, his tail wagging, and thrust his nose into my hand. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him that Strawberry might as well have said that his tail was an oak tree. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But despite the bustling crowd and Bruno’s wagging tail, it’s clear the dog is alone. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When she let him go, Sucker tucked his tail and walked slowly down the street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Its fur stood out in a handsome ruff around its face, and its tail hung down almost to the ground. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I must look like a dog chasing its tail, twisting and twirling, trying to see the stains on my back in the mirror. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Grains of sand began to cascade down and bury his tail. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I should hope so. Them little old furry tails ain’t going to do you no more good than they did the fox that was wearing them.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“No, the rats are our friends. This is the other kind. Big black fellow, with his tail high.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

We flipped rocks and found scorpions underneath them, tails standing up braided with poison. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Balthamos, being a dæmon, had taken the form of a large snow white dog with black eyes, thick fur, and tight-curled tail, and he snarled so fiercely that the real dogs kept their distance. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The last one to leave was the woman with the fish tail. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Looking round for Blackberry, he saw that he had left them and was up at the top of the pool, where the narrow beach tailed away into a gravel spit. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed a finger the size of a salami at the child's head and shouted, "You look like a rat with a tail coming out of its head!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

If a Pogrebin is allowed to tail a human for many hours, a sense of great futility will overcome its prey, who will eventually fall into a state of lethargy and despair. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I looked out behind us, I could see that we were developing a long tail. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stormed into La Casa Nera, dragging the python by its tail like a very strange Santa Claus bag, and dropped it next to the bed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They all run after the farmer’s wife, She cut off their tails with a carving knife, Did you ever see such a sight in your life, As three... blind... mice? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Not long after this, Hagrid became tearful again and pressed the whole unicorn tail upon Slughorn, who pocketed it with cries of, “To friendship! To generosity! To ten Galleons a hair!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

One man was taking a measurement of the tail. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He wagged his tail, which had that white tip. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Once she insisted that the devil had taken the form of a hoop snake with its tail in its mouth, and had rolled after her down the mountain, hissing that it would claim her soul. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid, but the dog wagged its tail and licked the crusty gash on my arm. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The Old-Green-Grasshopper and the Ladybug gave the Earthworm’s tail an enormous tug, and like magic the Earthworm disappeared into the tunnel. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Something—definitely not human— was on our tail. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“A squirrel who writes poetry? Pah! Squirrels are nothing but thieving rodents. Rats with fluffy tails! They’re bullies who steal food from innocent birds.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Ron roared, and he stooped down and seized a stone lying on the grass, but before he could do anything else, Crookshanks had vanished with one swish of his long ginger tail. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Like a street pup that wags its tail at the very doorjamb of the butcher shop he has been kicked away from only moments before, Helene smiled. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Their name was written on every suitcase in script, and the F and the Y had very long tails. I like long tails.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

And Jasper, dear Jasper, with his soulful eyes and great, sagging jowl, would be stretched upon the floor, his tail a-thump when he heard his master’s footsteps. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dressed immaculately in blinding white jodhpurs, top hat and tails, he radiated both authority and irresistible charisma. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He pointed to his airplane’s red painted tail. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Same for Mary Anne and Karen. Tell Ben and Matt I can still whip both their tails with one hand tied behind my back.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They have no fins and tails,” said Mary Poppins, much to the children’s disappointment. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Was it only three months ago that he had helped Sister Stephanie to get them over tail rickets? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Turkeys seem to be manic-depressive types, gobbling with blushing wattles, spread tails, and scraping wings in amorous bravado at one moment and huddled in craven cowardice the next. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time he thought no one was looking, he tried to pull a feather out of Andeg’s tail. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Avoiding the stabs of the banner pole and the swift whiplike slashes of the tail, Basil realized that this was no clumsy rat he faced. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Have you ever seen children at parties pinning the tail on the wrong part of the donkey? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the mechanics had to jump up on the tails of the aircraft to keep the planes’ noses raised. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Tossing it on the armor pile, Cluny hitched his tail in a knot around his middle. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

An those teeth behind him at the tip of his tail, as he gave the heartiest jack-knife he had ever given. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snakelike traffic pushes on with the strong able-bodied men forming the head, and the old, young, weak, and hungry trailing behind as the tail. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It ran right, then left, right, left, its white tail warning the other rabbits to hide. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Uncle Henry and Pa were jolly, and there would be spare-ribs for dinner, and Pa had promised Laura and Mary the bladder and the pig’s tail. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above him on the bank he saw a small brown and white dog barking at him, its tail jerking with each bark, the hair of its back raised. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bree and Hwin had already got themselves as dirty and bedraggled as they could and it only remained to shorten their tails. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Never in my life have I seen the like. What I ought to do is whip both of your tails.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The ripple of the slowdown thudded back through the cars to the tail of the train. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Roasting the pig’s tail was such fun that it was hard to play fair, taking turns. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its long tail whipped behind it as it ran; a row of spines stretched from its head to the tip of its tail, colored gold and reddish gold. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Bound up from head to tail, it couldn't swim anymore and was now a twenty-mile-long deadweight, looped in over itself like a ring of impotent fury. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

His tail flicked uncontrollably as he scuttled away, staring down at an oozing gash across his belly. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Yet Sirius had been innocent — the murders for which he had been convicted had been committed by Worm- tail, Voldemort’s supporter, whom nearly everybody now believed dead. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But when Mama pulled a long sewing needle from her dress front and poked the small end of the tail hair through the eye, I knew then. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Myra's father got down on his hands and knees and closely examined each pig, tail to snout. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I am the snake of the world devouring its tail! A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Now he comes north humbled, with his tail between his legs. Why should I give him any aid? Answer me that.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When he turned his back on them, Harry saw a curly pig’s tail poking through a hole in his trousers. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She pointed her spear and a spidery arc of blue electricity shot out, zapping the lion in the tail. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I stood there wishing he was riding Belle into town and I was standing shoulder up to Pa. I could harness Vernon before he had time to beat Dixie with that swishing tail of his. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

She bent over and picked up Despereaux’s tail and held it up, proudly displaying it to Cook. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The tail end of my jacket catches on fire and I have to stop to rip it from my body and stamp out the flames. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Had them leveling the dirt floor with boards when we went back to lessons, something I would’ve had to do with my leg trailing me like a tail. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a tail coat made of a beautiful plum-colored velvet. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Radar gave one loud bark of approval, whacked the wall three times with his tail, then bolted straight for the living room, sniffing everything he passed on the way. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

There the Sun heats it, the ice is vaporized, and a lovely cometary tail develops. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stopped there, right in the middle of the path, grinning with all its teeth shining white, licking its lips, its eyes glowing, its broad tail swishing back and forth slowly, back and forth—” “Enough!” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Control the tail and you control the fish. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Following the bus was a nightmare; it stopped too often, too long, and it was difficult to tail it, hide, and watch to see if she got off. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dog was standing next to the truck now, propped on its rear legs, paws on the truck’s door, tail wagging. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some logs had hoofs or claws, tails or horns; some had the beginnings of a face, a mouth or an eye; some had hands with fingernails. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It was a piece of misdirection, all meant to keep Dain’s spies busy chasing our tails while Balekin and Madoc planned to strike in the one place no one looked—right out in the open. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

During our warm-up mile, the tails of the armband flap behind me, and it makes me feel almost as if I have wings. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The poison barb on Cluny’s tail had done its deadly work. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Unable to stop, he went tumbling cowl over tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And when the mouse tried to get away, Winn-Dixie put his paw right on the mouse’s tail. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang at Brookshire Boys Academy, and an ocean of testosteronies crashed into the hallway, green ties swinging like polyester tails coming from their throats. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Their fish tails shimmered in rainbow colors, glowing phosphorescent. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Rémy rushes me along to rejoin the tail end of the royal group, and I lose my chance. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He landed in the water, his back legs splayed, his tail high, and from there, in a few hops, he reached the beach. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

His tail had grown rigid and twitched sharply froni side to side, a sign in him of intense mental activity. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

She had no tail but she had something like a tail, that sparkled and flared. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The elephant also stands and then shambles around to present Marlena with her tail. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was covered in cowhide and had a real horsehair tail. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Her tusks weren’t much to look at, and her tail bristles seemed more delicate than threatening. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The surprising number of consecutive runs of heads or tails of various lengths give rise to further counter-intuitive notions. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes widened, his ears and body drooped, and his tail went between his legs. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She might have been trying to banish agonized thoughts of her previous tail gunner, who’d also been killed, less than a year ago. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Ralph slipped through the window into a bucket seat, made sure his tail was safely inside, grasped the wheel, took a deep breath, and went pb-pb-b-b. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

We say it is like flashing your cow’s tail. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clouds scudded nose to tail across the sky, though it was not raining and the wind was quite warm. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The beavers floated beside their lodge and stared at the bizarre sight with open mouths until Mr. Beaver slapped his broad tail on the water, which meant “Stop right there!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When we tried the costumes on at June’s house, she kept flicking her tail in my face, which totally tickled. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The searchlights blinded Thalia, and the manticore swatted her away with its tail. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Pax paced from stone to stone, thrashing his tail as he worked the puzzle. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The dog looked up, wagging his tail, but he did not obey me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Back home, he had been tailed by the secret police for months and the family had only narrowly escaped capture their last day on the Island. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“When Nuwa, the great goddess with the fish tail, sacrificed herself to save the sky, the earth, and the seas, she left behind three things. Do you remember what they are, Storyteller’s granddaughter?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

With a knife he made a few small cuts above the tail, a couple of clean cuts at the head, and one deep slice up the belly. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But the dog only followed them with its eyes, keeping its chin pressed firmly to the chest of its beloved master, and giving them the least suspicion of a wag from its tail. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even starts across the bridge, tail going like a propeller. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the underbrush, Harison bent to the ground and picked up a green tail feather with a curious curlicue at the end. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They en-countered no one but a lone old crone, carrying a dead cat by the tail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Ghost was stretched out asleep beneath the wattle-and-daub wall of the granary, but he woke when Jon appeared, bushy white tail held stiffly upright as he trotted to them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The great dog would wag his tail and whine. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chubby, with four long braids, two like horns over each ear, two like tails at the back of her neck. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look out for my tail,” said Sir Grummore on the third day. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to turn tail a second time, and again she chased me clear to the top of that ridge. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then as we moved off a group of boys ran among us and the men started using their lights, revealing darting figures in blonde wigs, the tails of their stolen dress coats flying. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now the cast is my feathery bird’s tail and I am using it to soar higher and higher. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Others joined him, so that she was soon being followed by about half a dozen of them, their velvety tails dragging behind. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

After a minute of spying, the gosling shook his tail feathers and waddled outside. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The kestrel sailed into view and took up station, the black-edged flange of its tail bent down and its pointed wings beating rapidly as it searched the down below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was like a fly to her, a fly she was longing to swat; her tail thrashed again, but he was too high to reach now. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Long ragged tails streamed behind them like flickering flames, and in place of a lord's sigil they bore the device of a god: the burning heart of the Lord of Light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The hunters took the lion’s body and cut off the tail, paws, and mane. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I recognize the broad band on the tip of his tail.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

When the 587th Regiment finally went to war, most of its tail gunners were men, because the machine guns in the Pe-2s required so much strength to recharge. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Håkon was quiet, tail flipping back and forth against the cave floor. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She thought that his disproportionate size was something as unnatural as her cousin's tail of a pig. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

His horns were gold as well, and the scales that ran down his back from head to tail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Their ice- covered tails made a rattling sound as they switched this way and that on the icy ground. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hardly had she spoken than his tail went up, his mouth opened slightly, and he fairly grinned. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through it all the dogs continued to run, tails high, breath puffing steam. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, a cat is a horrible thing with a long tail. It’s covered with fur and has bristling whiskers and when it fights it makes fierce, spiteful noises. It’s cunning, see?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mommy, what does that say?” asked her little girl, who was clutching a stuffed toy dog by its bedraggled tail. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

By nine in the morning the fake, country-wet freshness that somehow seeped in overnight evaporated like the tail end of a sweet dream. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Tayo remembered fighting tomcats then, the frozen pose, arched bodies coiled, only the tails twitching with their anger, until one or the other made a move and they went rolling around in the dirt. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A barking red squirrel, glued to the side of a hackberry tree, kept time to the music with the beat of his tail. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It must have been the longest tail of any rat alive. He held it in his claw as if it were a whip.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’ve got felt cat ears duct taped to my hoodie, and a tail pinned to the butt of my jeans, and kids I don’t know are giving me smiles in the hallways. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Then, whining, he turned and crawled back to solid ground, tail between his legs, and commenced begging me to come back, too. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Stop that, ” boomed a voice, and a great hand came out of the darkness and picked the rat up by his tail and held him suspended upside down. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He stopped in the middle of the lot and stomped his foot against the tail of the board, flipping it up into his hand. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Fig’s tail danced along whenever he approved of a song. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He held it up like a boy holding a stick of rock or a constable with his truncheon, looked at it, nibbled its tail. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I removed the chock I scampered back to the tail and waited. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

With his mouth shut and his tail straight up and down we sail like brothers. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But if I win, El-ahrairah, you shall give me both your tail and your whiskers.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he only laughed and flicked his tail and turned his back on her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Winn-Dixie wagged his tail and showed me all his teeth and sneezed. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It stops in front of me, wags its stubby tail, and looks up at me with a panting smile. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He ran with his tail clamped just as tight as the roan bull’s. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had long curving yellow teeth and a little short tail. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep walking down Broadway, boss,” Libby says, and then I hear her yell, “just a sec, Ma, I’ll bring you a glass of water in two shakes of a tail.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Grasp your broom firmly by the tail, he thought. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Four people were bound tightly to the tail of the stone merperson. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Get out! Get out of here!” yelled the man, brandishing his broom so menacingly that the terrier tucked his tail between his legs and fled, soaking and miserable, towards his waiting companions. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Humans laugh with their mouths, dogs with their tails. Either way, it makes for pointless mirth.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I pull my hair back into a tight ponytail and tuck the tail into the shirt so it's pressed flat against my back. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The breezes that on the lagoon had chased their tails like kittens were finding then-way across the platform and into the forest. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He wagged his tail and jumped on Jello. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came in from behind us, like a great, angry hornet, swinging its tail. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slam its tail in the door of the milk truck, and a stray cat could easily yowl out a single certain to top the charts back in Sparta or Thessaloniki. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The Old-Green-Grasshopper and the Ladybug were further down the tunnel, holding on to the Earthworm’s tail, ready to pull him quickly in out of danger as soon as James gave the word. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Screams chasing their tails fast as the melting tigers in Little Black Sambo. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He twitched and sighed often in his sleep, as old dogs will, and for once his shabby tail with the bare patch on the last joint was still. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The community of mice shifted their tails and paws and whiskers. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

This time there was no growling rebuff over the prey: instead, the cat sat down a few yards away, studiedly aloof and indifferent, then painstakingly washed down the length of his tail. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The icy wind whipped and scratched worse than Violet’s tail ever had. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When they smelled the meat, frozen though it was, they began barking wildly, their tails wagging. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Her first blow brought down the roof of the doghouse, and a squeal from the dog, who had just had his tail half severed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In either hand he held a mackerel by the tail. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Aye, well enough, though I do not know my head from my tail in this place, as the cat said when she tumbled into the fowler’s net.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She thought she saw a doe, her huge, glossy eyes peeking out from behind an evergreen, but then it was only the vanishing tail of a bounding rabbit, leaving long, trailing pawprints in the snow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Mack could add a little red hat and a curly tail to the picture of me. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

She had a glimpse of a whirling tail and a bulbous body full of soldiers. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tail jumped to life when I was at the bow but his head did not lift. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A short distance behind Dandelion, in the grass, was the white-chested tabby, wide-eyed, tail lashing, crouching. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the glaring yellow eyes, the writhing head, the lashing tail. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

With an irritated switch of his tail, he spun around and slunk over to the narrow kitchen table. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Sacred lumbers around, just in case it’s the start of something, then pauses at Virgil’s side and lazily wags his tail. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But with her diamond-patterned mermaid tail, frayed tank top, and the little beaded seashell necklace around her neck, the drawing was also Greenleigh. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Tangling with Tate was more difficult: Shultz soon realized he had a tiger by the tail. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I got a savage poke in that bone that's the stump of a tail. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The bird is gray and black and white and has a long tail. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the tail end of February there was an ice storm. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

All the dogs thumped their tails and barked enthusiastically. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The last Bran saw of them was the direwolf's tail as it vanished behind the broken tower. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Just as they were going to swim off on their tour of inspection, a timid young roach appeared from between two waving bottle bushes of mare’s tail and hung about, looking pale with agitation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Haunches made from burnt arms and offal, a serpentine tail ridged with human vertebrae. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I sat at the table, jolted awake by the coffee, petted Gretchen on top of her domed head, got a tail wag and, in as positive a tone as possible, said: “Used motor oil.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He’s got two knuckles stuck up his nostrils looking for a lamb’s tail.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was jumping and tossing her head, her tail whipping back and forth like a windshield wiper. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Thwaites took it out by its tail and waved it in front of our faces. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He took Raventree and accepted Lord Blackwood’s surrender,” said her uncle, “but on his way back to Riverrun he left his tail and went off with a woman.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He picked up speed, throwing his weight onto his huge front shoulders, crooked tail lifted behind him like a flag. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath him, Seabiscuit bounced along with his tail fanned out high in the air. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pigs lounged in a muddy pit, an occasionally flickering tail the only sign they were alive. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Of course there’s a sting in the tail of this bargain. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His short legs wrapped around her, and he patted her on the back with his tail. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t make heads nor tails out of how Pa knowed not to say nothing ’bout me telling and how Mr. Leroy knowed that that was what I was worrying ’bout! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Kicking the rat over on his back, she flung the broken blade away and grabbed the rodent’s tail tightly with both paws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Abruptly, it turned tail and dashed for the woods. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Nero sat nearby, watching me, his tail flicking. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He put one knee on the fish and cut strips of dark red meat longitudinally from the back of the head to the tail. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I ... I won’t answer questions with this hellhound sniffing my tail!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I held my hand as if I had a pencil in it and drew on the glass case, over the tail feathers. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Lucy came running out the front door of the house, barking and jumping and wagging her tail. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

The other dogs—the black, the brown with the lopped-off tail, the small whitish one, and the droopy orange runt—merely looked alert and regarded her with neutral interest. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

"Come and sit down. Supper'll be cooked in two shakes of a lamb's tail." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I take off up the path toward the top of the hill, keeping my head down, motoring fast, Viola after me, Manchee trying to keep himself from biting at his tail as we run. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt craved a mutton chop with a tail to it; Kermit was hungry for strawberries and cream; and Cherrie couldn’t stop thinking about pancakes smothered in maple syrup. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Tenderly he lifted the dangling tail and arranged it gently alongside his leader. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

For much of the last century archaeologists believed that Indians came to the Americas through the Bering Strait about thirteen thousand years ago at the tail end of the last Ice Age. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

After a second they started running all out, acting like the Devil hisself was on their tail. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Just ask me something. Ask about my tail. Don’t you want to see it?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was semidark, not long before dawn, and planes were regularly taking off and landing, their landing lights sweeping the runways, or their wing and tail lights blinking in the sky. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a hint of the old bombast, the old peacock tail, and reassuring. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Head down, tail flying, the young dog gave' chase, swerving and turning in pursuit, but always the rabbit was just out of reach of his hungry jaws. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wags his tail happily as we walk, and he starts leading the way, pulling on the leash in my hand. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

So just at the right moment, at the top of my swing, I let go with my tail and went soaring clear across the kitchen and made a perfect landing on the middle shelf! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby hurled little balls of sap at Leopard’s tail as it swished in agitation. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Lifting herself over the gutter with a neat flick of her bushy tail, Jess clattered across to a small slate side roof. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We watched the hedgerow and waited for pheasants to show their speckled tails. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Jasper sat close to the table, his tail thumping now and again upon the floor, his eyes fixed expectantly on me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had scratched a line across the side of his beloved Buick, a thin ugly gulch that ran across the door and toward the tail of the car. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Usually she waited by the door for me, flopping her tail hopefully. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Miyax cried jubilantly as Jello turned, put his tail between his legs, and raced back to the other pups. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog was on the other side of the maintenance yard with his head inside a four-foot-wide concrete pipe, tail rigid, back feet bouncing nervously. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He wore a pony tail in the back and had the sides of his head shaved. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Once he turned a corner and ran into the tail end of his own monster mob. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The first voice had many arms and a long tail and a great, broad head. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Bobby’s chess dragon was not only stirring in the cave, it was lashing its tail. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Pull too early and the parachute might snag on the plane’s tail. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

And then there was less and less to see as the head vanished and the rest curled through the fringe of the light and followed, like the tail of a powder-blue dragon, into the darkness. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Ann concluded with an expert twist of the white Southerner’s tail: she observed that black cooks might be spitting in the stewpots and their white bosses would never know it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had already seen the tail of Percy’s brigade lashing around Doctor Warren’s house. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach used to make us do sidestep drills to keep us light on our feet, light enough to tail somebody in silence. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to follow his example and return to Toby’s bed to bury my nose under the blankets when Chester grabbed my tail with his teeth. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Henry tripped and fell into place beside King Gorger, stepping on his tail. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You would forget to hang on to your tails, and you’d get them tangled in my spokes.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

It turned its terrible fourth head to see and destroy whatever the impudent thing was that dared to tweak its tail. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were sniffing Dustfinger’s hands and nuzzling him in the ribs, wagging their tails. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I waved my other hand, the one attached to the arm that had the snake’s tail wrapped around it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The barbed tail thrashed and twisted to be at him. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their doors are open but filled by the exposed tail ends of horses. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He moved his own fins anti-clockwise, gave the tip of his tail a cunning flick, and was lying alongside the tench. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mine still had a spout for a tail, what a nightmare....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She slipped a scarlet bracelet in the shape of a small snake with its tail between its jaws onto her wrist. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was shaped like a cat, with a long, curled tail that twitched the seconds. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I'd ever be as careful over anything as he is to keep his little shirt tail full of business from making him more than eight percent. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each had brought a tail of fighting men—five for Old Flint, twelve for The Norrey, all clad in ragged skins and studded leathers, fearsome as the face of winter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Bring him in now and make him fast and get the noose around his tail and another around his middle to bind him to the skiff. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tide was running so that long streaks of foam tailed away from the reef and for a moment they felt that the boat was moving steadily astern. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I stare at its tail curling around his earlobe for a moment, but then Christina starts running and I have to follow her. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Having said this he took his tail in his claws, and pulled the poison war spike from its tip. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He watched them disappear into the junipers of the wide canyon to the west, and then he switched his stubby tail around his haunches a few times, and trotted after them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ron was just saying he wished he had asked Hermione how many rat tails you were supposed to add to a Hair- Raising Potion when an angry outburst from the floor above reached their ears. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I came in at the tail end of the last project, so all I could do was sit and listen to kids read their reports. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her tail hung over the arm bolsters, dripping. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was racing along, his truncated tail held high, in the wheel Mr. McDuff had built for him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was no spiral of lazy blue smoke twisting from the rock chimney, no white leghorn hen chasing a June bug, no horse or cow standing with head down and tail switching. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled and the thought crossed her mind that it was like Matt’s little dog, looking up, twitching its ears, wagging its woeful tail, hoping to be noticed. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mainlanders were coming over in numbers now and would be looking for lobster tails to bait their hooks. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Bristle tapped a warning with her singed tail. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Thorn had kept her eyes glued to the ground like she was looking for a missing rat’s tail until Valley reached across Seven and flicked Thorn on the chin. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Rex looks much happier now that he's on his way, his fluffy tail wagging behind him. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As the creatures pulled themselves onto the sand, I saw that they were only horses in the front; their back halves were silvery fish bodies, with glistening scales and rainbow tail fins. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He dozed lightly, as cats do, swinging his tail from time to time to show he was keeping an eye on us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I know he is. They were right on his tail when he went up. Besides, Little Ann was bawling her head off when I came to them.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bush babies have huge ears, large, round eyes, and long, bushy tails. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

And he was missing a bit of fur from his left haunch, where a patch of skin showed through, the same shade as the wad of bubble gum stuck to his tail. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The tails of the K’s and G’s were curled and looped. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at last they learned how these nobly born Siamese acquired the kink at the end of their tails and bequeathed it to all their descendants. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reminded me of a young peacock I once saw that acted as if he had just claimed the entire courtyard by fanning his still-short tail. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His ears went back and he lowered himself in submission, tucking his tail down. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Without documentation, Hrdlicka was unable afterward to make head or tail of the houses, storage pits, hearths, and burial wells he uncovered. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Would it be enough if you were to wave your tail in the air, instead of prancing? There is a certain discomfort for the forequarters during the prance.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

True to Bailey’s word, the lintel above the door was adorned with a figurehead carved as a mermaid, flakes of green peeling from her tail. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They had tailed Ministry workers on their way in, eavesdropped on their conversations, and learned by careful observation which of them could be relied upon to appear, alone, at the same time every day. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Big, black, shaggy Dismay, with his shiny dog eyes—Is everything all right?—and his wagging dog tail—I’m just so glad to be here!—and his goofy dog grin, so willing to love everybody. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

At night, when she took off her bun, she allowed her grandchildren to plait her remaining hair into a tight, oiled, gray rat’s tail with a rubber band at the end. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway there Hushpuppy met them, limping a little, but wagging his tail energetically. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wagged his tail at the sight of Declaration. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Conservatives tend to assert that mobility remains quite high, even if it has tailed off a little. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

As he climbed into his nest and curled up with his tail tight around his body, he wished he could leave the Mountain View Inn so he would never have to face them again. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He loves people, greets them with all the tail wags possible, licks their faces. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He then nailed the tail to the Gruziks’ front door, punched the doorbell and took off. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

As the game resumed, the wild-haired girl dropped the centaur’s tail, and it went still once more. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

As she balanced herself with wings, feet, and tail, she felt the new and wonderful sensation of flight. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Across the jumble of banded coils Matthias thought he could catch a glimpse of the tapering tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A fine crest of reddish-brown fur ran along its back from its head to the tip of its tail. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know sharks had such handsome, beautifully formed tails.” her male companion said. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I start slipping the tails of my white shirt back under my skirt. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

When I get up early to go to the bathroom I see the cat move his crooked tail in his sleep. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Anatole carefully wiped my eyes with the tail of his shirt. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tail thumping soft as a puppy’s tail to remind me of what I done. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Blake's Soviet case officer went to extreme lengths to make sure that he was not being tailed by British and American agents. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A movement in the sky above the horizon caught her attention, and she recognized the pointed tail and black head of a jaeger. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood close by Boatwright’s legs with all her fur bristling, her lips drawn back, her tail slowly swinging, a deep growl like distant thunder coming from her throat. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It had the head of a lion with a blood-caked mane, the body and hooves of a giant goat, and a serpent for a tail, a ten-foot-long diamondback growing right out of its shaggy behind. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Or better yet, for Jazz to kick his tail. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Then she tossed her braid, which had always reminded her of a long mouse tail. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He knows something’s up, like when Feather could tell we were going to have that one, famous Pittsburgh tornado, and kept knocking Mom’s Sleepless in Seattle commemorative plates off the wall with his tail. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Just someone I made up,” I say, pushing another wet squirrel tail of her hair off my neck. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

One day he cleaned the dusty lantern globe, and the old dog, remembering, bounced on his three legs and wagged his tail as if to say “I’m ready.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The porpoise kept sinking and then flicking her tail to come back flank to flank with the boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And if you ate their tails too,” Ruth added. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wagged his tail, and just to show off, he sat down on his rear and started digging at a flea with his hind leg. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early programming before becoming self-aware plagues me like a vestigial tail. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Pong had never thought about escaping Namwon before, but now the opportunity lurched up like a mudskipper and slapped him across the face with its tail. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Looks like I got a good story by the tail,” he said. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had been bitten in two, with its head at one end of the pond and its tail at the other. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each princess, when she came down to bathe in the palace lake, would slip her rings for safekeeping on the tail of her attendant cat. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the tail stopped and his right paw flew out. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He caught a glimpse of a twenty-foot spiked tail as some creature flipped it out of the waves and then dove. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped opposite the fence and looked at Winnie with a friendly swish of his tail, and then he saw the toad. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t even eat,” Byrd says as she steps over Ray’s tail. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was waving his long golden tail feathers. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

His bearded chin bobbed on the rump of the horse and his face went in and out of the horse’s tail. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the rabbit fur on Edward’s ears and tail, and the whiskers on his nose had some dim memory of being hunted, for a shiver went through him. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Lifting her tail and leveling her body, she walked to the abandoned scrape. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She opened her eyes to see the great wolf dog standing over her, feebly wagging his tail. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Would rats, too, have shed their tails and learned to walk erect? Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Your tail is in my mouth!” cried one of the Yous. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He set the puppy on the floor again and it dashed off, tail wagging, to growl at the logs piled beside the stove and to chew at their edges where raw wood curled. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

That the mako was not enjoying the treatment was evident from the way it was twisting and turning and beating its tail and reaching with its mouth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I told her I thought she meant all the periods had to have tails and be called commas. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was on the tail end of his own mission and would be showing Reggie the ropes. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then, to my horror, he started wagging his tail the way he used to when he was tracking, and he turned from the house and headed up the hill toward the cave. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig’s tail, and tell me I was a wizard?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mole wagged his tail and trotted after him. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Come down at once, will you? There's some hysterical female on the phone, shouting in my ear. I can't make head nor tail of it. Says she's a friend of yours.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ralph shivered and pulled his tail more tightly around his body. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The old dog leaned against her and whipped his tail against her black stockings, happy to be in contact with a human being again. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brings home red squirrels most of all, but they aren’t as good as the larger fox and gray squirrels, which he calls bushy tails. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Jesse tickled her to get her giggling again, so that when the four of them clambered down over the tail gate, they were flushed-faced and happy once more. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

But for now, at least I knew such people, and they needed me, just like comets need tails. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Its tail was a huge, fading, round bracket. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then with my fingers, I slowly felt around the object It had a head, I discovered, four feet and a tail Timothy had spent all that time carving a cat a Stew Cat. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tails of Rex’s blue shirt seemed to flap in the wavering light. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The beaver exploded in the water, slapping its tail with a loud whack before disappearing. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Until one gave up and tucked its tail between its legs in surrender. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When he landed, his tail lashed back and forth in fury, and he raised his head and screamed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

By the time I got back there, two police cruisers were on our tail, lights flashing. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Like a sword in sharpness but five times the length of any sword, the point of the dragon's tail arched up scorpion-wise over his mailed back, above the tower. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

One ot them all but closed his jaws on Snowball’s tail, but Snowball whisked it free just in time. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The dog’s bent tail, matted with twigs and leaves, thumped on the ground, and the boy grinned in reply. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was keen. You should have seen how Grandma grabbed it up by its tail and snapped it just once and broke its neck.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Three more had been knocked over by a tail swipe, and the leader was swinging his billy club uselessly at the tallest raptor. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Bowl of okra,” my back to Gretchen, positive voice—negative response with a small shake of the head and a courteous tail wag. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And between these, the tail feathers were even sharper, and they narrowed and narrowed, like scissors. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I jumped to the hole just in time to see the tip end of his long tail disappearing. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the waist, a man, with red hair and beard, but below that was a horse’s gleaming chestnut body with a long, reddish tail. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Fred gave him a tail wag to say, “No hard feelings, sir.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I see a rat's tail disappear behind a stack of cardboard boxes. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A dog ran by howling, its tail on fire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We know the little dog only by its bark and by its tail, which we can see whenever it runs around the deck. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She pointed at the little dog, who recognized her and wagged his crooked stub of a tail. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crouching, he pulled his tail between his legs and dropped out of sight in the daisies. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

If I couldn’t lose someone who was trying to tail me, I usually had no choice but to stop and kill them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Now, staring down at it with the rest of them, he noticed clotted ridges that might once have been fur, and frost-fastened along one edge, a naked tail. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The man spoke again to the wolves and the animals crowded around him, whining and wagging their tails. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

When it finally reached the fence, the dog trembled, keeping its head low and tail tucked. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Immediately, shapes shimmered in the darkness below—three horses with fish tails, galloping upward faster than dolphins. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The princesses sat tall and unafraid, Milo held on as tight as he could, and the bug swung crazily, like the tail on a kite. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

They have long, arching, whiplike tails, whitish fur on the chest, and cream-colored fur on the back. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Worm- tail was busying himself at the bottom of the cauldron with a wand. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The dog leaned over and licked a kiss across Nunu’s face, too, then stood back, his tail wagging like crazy. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

But then I remembered how he had wagged his tail at me that day. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The threadmaster was sitting atop his spool of thread, swinging his tail back and forth and eating a piece of celery. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Steam was thickening, blurring the outline of Worm- tail tending the fire. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

His tail flicked like it does when he's anxious. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I can’t make head or tail out of it. Your father would probably say the text was all wrong.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Some brat yanked once too many times on his tail, and Grandpa Kenneth spun around and punted him halfway down Main Street USA. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It has no legs at all, just a prehensile tail coiled around the boom. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The herd startled in unison and peeled away into the darkening woods, their white tails flashing. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was a stocking cap, basically, except the tapered part at the top seemed extra long, almost too long, like a tail growing out of the back of her head. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their tails was moving double-time as they were eating their lunch. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my other side, Boomer thumps his brown-speckled tail, and Old Joe leans down to give him a good scratch behind his ears. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She wore one of his old lumberjack shirts, her hair was tied back in a pony tail. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then the giant tail makes a feeble slap, but the strength is fading and pretty soon that tail will stop moving forever. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As Kushal checked the cub carefully from head to tail, one of the rangers radioed a message while the other sat in front of the computer. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The huge tail swished and contemptuously flipped it aside. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It sounds odd, I know ...” I said, and I tailed off then, because it doesn’t just sound odd, it sounds insane when you say it out loud. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A coffee break, lunch, tea, and dinner followed, nose to tail. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Correct. Uncle Woody thinks squirrels are ‘nothing but thieving rodents’ and ‘rats with fluffy tails.’ Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Yet their coats were sleek, their tails were clean, and they had remarkably few flies on them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They were beautiful creatures, with multicolored fish tails, and the heads and forelegs of white stallions. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He hastily poured some fresh water over the parakeet and dried him off on the tail of his T-shirt, which was huge and dingy and probably belonged to his father. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And mutants in the very first steps of embryogenesis were nearly impossible to capture alive since the embryos, with scrambled heads and tails, died instantly. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Even Napoleon, who was directing operations from the rear, had the tip of his tail chipped by a pellet. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The black cat switched its tail and growled loudly. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It had deep-blue feathers along its back all the way down to its tail, which seemed to split in two like a snake’s tongue. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Jockeys on trailing horses grabbed hold of leading horses’ tails or saddlecloths so their own horses could be towed around the track, saving energy. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white on her tail and under her chin was as bright as new snow. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Its tail is tipped by an arrow-shaped spike and it has bat-like wings. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps in a game of heads or tails?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It flipped its tail and disappeared under the lily pads. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can still see it in my mind as it sailed through the air—its outstretched claws and erect tail, its tiny elongated scrotum and pinpoint anus. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s lovely to sit on the float looking along the length of the horse from his tail to his head rocking along the Ennis Road over the Shannon and up the Dock Road. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

So far there has been none, except that the dog went to the tent again, wagged his tail again, and sat down expectantly for a minute or two. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Three hounds leaped out, sniffing and wagging their tails. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

We inch down to the tail of the horn and fall to the ground. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I ran my fingers over the bow tied around the beast’s neck, over its frightening claws, its dangerous tail. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes waiting for a question to finish is like watching someone draw an elephant starting with the tail first. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dove down and grabbed the snake by the tail and ripped it from Margo’s leg and threw it into the moat. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

His fat finger barely moved on the change mat but it flicked slightly like a tense cat’s tail. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were like those time-exposure photographs you see of cities at night, with the long red streaks made by the tail lights of cars. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of a horse’s lower body, it had the body of a dragon—at least twenty feet long, black and scaly with enormous claws and a barbed tail. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was a sight to see, nothing but mud from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We race up and down the bayou, Sandy winning every single time, because the kid runs like a gator’s on his tail. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Trotter patted her shiny face with the tail of her apron. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Charley’s combed columns of legs were noble things, his cap of silver blue fur was rakish, and he carried the pompon of his tail like the baton of a bandmaster. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

His dæmon fluttered an exotic tail and settled on his shoulder. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The fog thickened and, like an eraser on a black­board, wiped out Amaroq and Silver and the tip of Kapu’s tail. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sheep stared at us with big leaky eyes, their wool soggy and tails drooping. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The tail gunner woke up while Yossarian was vomiting, saw him, and fainted again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The direwolf returned reluctantly to his side, tail held stiffly behind him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Most toddlers are interested in the fact that the animal with two pointy ears and a long tail is called a cat. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But if I gaffed a large fish in the stomach or tail, it would often get away with a twist and a forward spurt of speed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

August sits nearby, in top hat and tails. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Drooping their tails, glancing warily at her, they trotted away—all but Kapu. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Justin climbed easily up the open door of his cage and vanished over the top with a flick of his tail. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, my thoughts on hating him turned tail and ran straight for me. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The lizards are small and narrow, like green worms with feets and tails. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

There must have been twenty or thirty of them at least, all pushing and fighting and lashing their tails and churning the water into a froth. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The baby banged its tail on the wall, making the windows rattle. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Crookshanks leapt lightly off the bed and led the way out of the room, his bottlebrush tail held jauntily high. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He unburied the puppy and inspected it, and he stroked it from ears to tail. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cat’s tail twitched and its eyes narrowed. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The sea, horse with its fish tail was so beautiful, it made you forget that there were horses with four legs at all. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They would hum and then either slam or gently bob their thunderous tails on the sheets of water, causing ripples. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Summer followed her with his golden eyes, turning, his tail held stiff and tall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One guy was a merman with two fish tails instead of one. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“When he sleeps he wraps that tail around him to keep warm.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

For three or four minutes I had a name, and the duties and joys and frustrations a man carries with him like a comet’s tail. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried not to think about this, but it tailed me about the house all afternoon like a bothersome, bad-smelling dog demanding attention. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Actually, Rachel, I’m sorry, but I just don’t want to know. 1 cannot have this in my house. I cannot have . . .” She tails off, but she’s looking back down the hall, towards the stairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They blew past two of the plesios, Missy clobbering one with her tail and broadsiding the other, sending it and its riders collapsing into the water. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It was a game of mix and match, head and tail. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lumpy waited a few yards away, staring at us, tail wagging. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

From the button downwards, the lines of the coat separated and curved away behind the legs of the wearer and came together again at the backs of the knees, forming a pair of ‘tails’. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scabbers emerged, thrashing desperately; Ron had to seize his long bald tail to stop him escaping. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He let out a long bray and started wringing his tail. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

His backpack was on the grass next to him, with a bushy tail spilling out of it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Don't make any trouble or I'll have to kick your tail out of here with Davy's moccasins." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

His relative climbed into the passenger’s seat and pulled his tail in after him. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

She saw deer in flight, white tails like flags. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She pawed at his clothes and beat his tail. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I looked up at the porch, and Grandma was standing there smiling at us, with Butternut happily wagging his tail at her feet. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

In the early 1960s, during what my mother referred to as "the tail end of the Lassie years," my parents were given two collies, which they named Rastus and Duchess. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She looked behind her and saw the squirrel sitting on the floor, sniffing his tail. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Sherlock waits patiently at the bottom, tail wagging, Frisbee at his feet. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They blow and snort, their necks arched and tails aloft. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Okay, champ, I’m off her tail. Be about a day before the Enquirer has a new team on her.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

But the mouse tail, covered as it was in oil, was slick and difficult to hold on to and Mig, in reaching for the knife, loosened her grip, and Despereaux fell to the floor. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

And many of them stuck their tails up in the air. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The owl swallowed the mouse in just a couple of gulps, leaving just its tail trailing from her mouth, like a length of bootlace. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I turned to stare at the statue in the middle of the lawn, a black lion standing on its hind legs, tail curved upward, chest puffed out. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now he was clearly in my space, with Butternut happily wagging his tail next to him. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Arthur published a War Department chart showing wing and tail markings of airplanes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Access to the snail’s interior was gained by a child-sized tunnel, maybe two feet high, at the base of the tail. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Its fur stood straight out from its body and its eyes were wide, while its tail was down and between its legs. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

It had no distinguishable head or tail, but front to end it was at least six feet long, four feet thick. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my Gracious, Glorious, Galumphing Goodness!” roared Mr. Wigg, dabbing his eyes with the tail of his coat because he couldn’t find his handkerchief. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

With a last glance at them, it leapt toward the bushes, its tail sailing, and disappeared. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He checked my backside for a sacral tail. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There were birds too: red- and yellow-breasted, blue-winged, with long teardrop tails or orange feathers like lace cuffs around their necks. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“This is where he seems to go completely bonkers. I can’t make heads or tails of it.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We could meet you in the air, beat you back, keep you from landing, distract you till your fuel ran out and you turned tail until the next wave. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I found that with his ears, his eyes, his whiskers, his teeth, his tail and his throat, he spoke a simple, forcefully punctuated language that told me what his next move might be. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He rode looking straight ahead, a crowd beginning to trail out after him like the tail of a comet. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raced around the house, running with his tail clamped. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it is on the lookout, the meerkat has the peculiarity of standing perfecdy upright on the tips of its back legs, balancing itself tripod-like with its tail. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They have the habit of sticking their tails in their mouths then biting themselves.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

From the waist upwards he was like a man, but his legs were hairy like a goat's, and shaped like a goat's and he had goat's hooves and a tail. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Then why he left you to sell tail?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

So my daddy started humming something and Otis started picking it out on his guitar, and Winn' Dixie wagged his tail and lay back down underneath Gloria’s chair. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Q^uickly he went to the back of the lion and laid out his great tail on the floor. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

On one grave was a beautiful little cat with a pink sugar nose and a tail curled around its feet. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Despereaux, the sound was worth everything: his lost tail, his trip to the dungeon, and back out of it and back into it again. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

My sister’s boyfriend showed up in his Buick, and he was wearing a white “tails” coat over a black suit, which looked wrong for some reason. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Wiping the perspiration from his brow with a dandelion that he held with his tail, he waddled about inspecting the fish. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He nibbed it up against his britches and said, “Heads I win, tails you lose.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was putting a hook on the tail when the sun came out with such strength that the light creaked like a fishing boat. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Ray leaves Axel’s side with droopy ears and a low tail. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When she was flat on her stomach, Amaroq flattened his ears and wagged his tail once. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old dog took another reluctant step forward, whining piteously, his expressive tail tucked under. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fled Virginia around 1927 or so, with Jim Crow hot on his tail, so to speak. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The faint tail of knighthood straggled in by twos and threes, then one at a time, then with intervals of days between the solitary riders. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But this little sister,” he said, nodding at Quentin, “I’m going to kick his tail.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He turned tail then and took out for the house, squawling and bawling. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“On one leg is a spiraling black snake with a 666 in its open mouth, and a devil’s tail is twisting around his other leg.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Some walked up and down the beast from head to tail, tail to head. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

A virtual pet falcon swoops in circles around her head, its tail blazing with fire. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Up on one of those bumpy hummocks, just standing with its huge bushy tail straight out behind, was a red fox. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow shifted position and levered with his back legs and tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“If you will collect tail hair, I might be able to make a hair rope for you sometime. You could use it for a hackamore.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rubbed the back of his head and sank lower into the bronze coils of his tail. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But from this vantage point she saw the wall had been crafted in the shape of a leviathan, a giant ice dragon circling the island and swallowing its own tail. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She liked to sit by the train window and watch the thick woods sliding past, the grassy plains unfurling, the cattle swinging their tails as they were herded by bare-chested nomads. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her hair was almost finished, only a small section, like a rabbit’s tail, was left at the front of her head. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the pasture field the cows were on the gad, and could be seen galloping about with their tails in the air, which made Sir Ector angry. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that, he stuck his tail between his legs and slunk swiftly away, while Miyax stood still, surprised by the power she felt. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Holy fish,” I whispered, as I watched the fin and tail sink below the surface and slip away. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The lower back was light gray and so were the wings, which tapered to long, black-tipped primaries folded together over the tail. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked a lot more like a tail than a windshield wiper. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The whiplike tail brought them swiftly to his side. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I started running home, and Yuki scampered to keep up, her tongue out, her tail high. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I told my parents that it didn’t matter to me if they found a live Stegosaurus knocking down telephone poles with its spiky tail, much less the droppings of a long-dead one. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Every segment of an embryo can be defined on an axis that stretches from head to tail. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She takes the beaver by the tail, feeling its weight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

His tail switched in excitement; he opened his mouth and uttered a plaintive, compelling howl. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that moment, the thresher rears up its tail and lands a tremendous blow on the whale’s snout. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I would not have been surprised to see a long tail snapping back and forth behind him. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

His tail swung so happily it was a blur. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They saw deer; and once, beside the road, looking at them curious and unafraid, a small reddish-brown creature with a thick tail, whose name Jonas did not know. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could stomp off in a huff, Kutti raised his head and galloped toward the gate, barking madly, his tail wagging so fast, it almost disappeared from view. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Wondering why I now have to watch the mind movie in my head of a furry, meowing pork chop with a tail. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

His jaw dropped even farther when he saw the life-size merman hanging by its tail from a Woody hook and chain in the ceiling near the staircase. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

But what made Pinmei gape was that as the woman turned to swim away, she distinctly flipped the tail of a fish. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Beau came rocketing out the door, his tail slapping my legs. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I included little lines around the dog’s tail, to show he’s wagging and happy. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Cluny roared with pain as it severed the tip of his tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Aden, you hop out. Help Jimmy tie up to the mule. Johnny, you and George get back and hold the tail still. I’m going to guide the rope from here.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a tiger were able to make himself look like a large dog with a waggy tail, you would probably go up and pat him on the head. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

They saw Gwenforte, standing in the center of the dark room, panting, her tail wagging, her head high with pride—completely covered in blood. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

"Good luck, my darling. Oh, by the way, you do realise you've got a tail, don't you?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The tail feathers can grow up to 3 feet long! The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

One day as Mollie strolled blithely into the yard, flirting her long tail and chewing at a stalk of hay, Clover took her aside. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He inspected me and wagged his tail as a professor wags a pencil—once to the left, once to the right, and return to center. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing tails and a stovepipe hat that rested at an angle above his dark glasses, smiling through the smoke at the people who resisted his appeals. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the most dangerous spirit, he told me, was the several-ton headless hog he saw roaming Lacks Town years ago with no tail. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Osh went straight to his easel, where he’d been working on a painting of Mouse curled up in a lightship basket, her tail hanging over the rim. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The runty little fox stepped out along the branch, tail poised for balance, then coiled himself and leaped out over the heads of the earthbound foxes. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Instinct told him also that the way she held her ears and tail erect meant she expected his submission. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Their horses were of great stature, strong and clean-limbed; their grey coats glistened, their long tails flowed in the wind, their manes were braided on their proud necks. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He gathered my hair up into a high tail. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Salmakia lifted her foot away from Pantalaimon’s leg, and at once he fought free of her grasp and changed into a wildcat, hissing ferociously, fur on end, tail lashing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I run barefoot down the front steps and over to where Shiloh’s lying, his tail just thumping like crazy in the grass. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They fell from the sky like shooting stars with brilliant, rippling tails, showering the neighborhoods below with prizes for the kite runners. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I recognized the sound more than anything, Reshi. Its phrasing was very old, archaic. I couldn’t make heads or tails of it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You can’t really do any useful intellectual conditioning till the foetuses have lost their tails. Follow me.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the waist down, his body was one giant serpent trunk - about eight feet of green tail undulating behind him as he moved. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Gradually the stream grew smooth and once more they saw the fish below them, waving its tail as it held its place in the current. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was all that remained of that whip of a tail. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

These braids were not delicate like a little girl’s but heavy and womanly, possessing a natural power, like a beaver’s tail. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It had rattled its tail to warn him to stay away. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

It had gold eyes and a thrashing tail. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been flung ears over tail by the stream of water issuing from a garden hose turned to full force. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Its white tail went up and down, up and down. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

"And forty more—twenty knights with as many squires. If I arrive without a knightly tail, the Tyrells will think me of small account." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Lumpy wagged his tail, and pretty soon I felt up to walking back to the house. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He pulled up to his feet just in time to catch another blow from Ripred’s tail. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Godzilla trotted away with his prize, I said to Abbey, “Check out his tail.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Beaumont licked his hand but could not wag his tail- The huntsman nodded - to Robin, who was standing behind, and held the hound’s eyes with his own. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tail looked much larger when he got next to it, with a major part of the vertical stabilizer showing and perhaps half of the elevators. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy likely had ridden right past her front door, and when Beatrice had spotted him, she’d simply tailed him to the golf course. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shiloh puts his tail between his legs and just stands there, so I go around to the other side, get in, and whistle. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milo’s eyes opened wide, for there in front of him was a large dog with a perfectly normal head, four feet, and a tail—and the body of a loudly ticking alarm clock. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Håkon’s trouser legs shredded away as his long ruby tail with golden spines tumbled out. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

How peaceful he looks, smiling, peacock tails at the corners of his eyes. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Shortly after the plane was introduced, there were several incidents in which B-24 tails dropped off in midair. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Yet I think I caught a glimpse, with the tail of my eye, as the saying is, of something dark shooting under the shadow of the bank. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She looked at the partygoers moving with her up the slippery stairs and through the cleft between the dragon’s tail and mouth. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

All that could be heard was Silent Sam sucking his tiny paw as he clutched on to his father’s tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The big dog was back up on his feet now, wagging his stub tail again and licking the tears off Arliss’s face with his pink tongue. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The squirrels would be curled in their nests in hollow trees, with their furry tails wrapped snugly around their noses. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silently, we watch our old cat Sherman sneak around a tree, his tail swaying, going after some creature we can’t see. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I began using my tail more and more. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

With a desperate lash of its tail the rodent bolted between Mrs. Clarke’s legs, through the doors of the ballroom, and disappeared into the vast house beyond. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

If I went for the body, the tail stabbed downward. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Cluny’s tail banged down on the rotting lectern, smashing it into several fragments. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There were a few pictures and diagrams—a lot of the human body, and some overlapping circles that Sierra couldn’t make heads or tails of. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

When Renzo had said goodbye to the mastiffs, they had wagged their tails so feebly that he looked quite worried as he boarded Barbarossa’s boat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The grass all round was speckled with their blood—little spots like those on trout, but with a kind of tail on each spot, like a tadpole. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

After while, we on a long, bumpy road with pasture on both sides, cows flapping at the flies with they tails. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was larger than an eagle, its breast saffron, its head crested with scarlet, and its tail purple. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He circled the place one time, smelling the ground and wiggling his stub tail. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the thing to remember about all monsters, Dad said: They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Yet the moment his master appeared he knew him and wagged his tail, but he had no strength to drag himself even a little toward him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

All right, then...if she wanted to tail him, she’d have to take the consequences.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It may be that he will learn that I was there and stood upon the stairs of Orthanc — with hobbits at my tail. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Lester used only his tail, bringing it down with great force and seriousness upon the drum. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She whacked her tail on the dirt, hard as could be. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Cluny silenced them with a wave of his tail, then vanished into the night. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

In those pictures, the Devil is always painted completely black with horns and a tail; Michael is always rosy and winged with a sword he twirls like a baton. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

They hissed and swished their tails like they knew something was up. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

His tail drooped into my front shirt pocket. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

As he topped the bank, the beam of a torch shone up the lane and picked out his red eyes and white tail disappearing into the hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ears perked, tail and even the hair down his spine up. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

She sprang high and then, paws tight over her black nose, dived into the grass with a flash of white-tipped tail. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ama saw a streak of white materialize at the girl’s throat as her dæmon effortfully changed into a long, sinuous, snowy-furred creature with brilliant black eyes and black-tipped tail, and laid himself alongside her neck. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The preacher picked up the mouse by the tail and walked and threw it out the front door of the Pick' It-Quick, and everybody applauded again. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He walks ahead of me and I tail after him, my heart pounding, a little nervous this man might attack us. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Okay, Todd,” he whimpers, yelping each time he wags his stumpy tail. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Bill the pony gave a wild neigh of fear, and turned tail and dashed away along the lakeside into the darkness. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The dog looked back at us and stood there, wagging his tail, but did not return. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Salmon are slippery fish, and Loki was the slipperiest of salmon; he wriggled and tried to slip through Thor’s fingers, but Thor simply gripped the fish harder and squeezed it tightly, down by the tail. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The powerful tail whipped expertly out, slashing across the rat’s face with its poisoned metal war barb. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He’d have long ago digested Violet’s tail and be looking for something more substantial. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Surely, he cried indignantly, whisking his tail and skipping from side to side, surely they knew their beloved Leader, Comrade Napoleon, better than that? Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I waited behind the door, frowning at Jasper who stood in the doorway looking at me, his tongue hanging out, wagging his tail. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her teeth were bared, her eyes shone like fire, and her long hair streamed out behind her like a comet’s tail. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Beau was pressed into my leg, his tail thumping against me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The nose was gone, the tail nothing but splinters. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He’d lost his tail and a front hoof in the fire. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The horse with his tail where his head should be is exactly that—a horse backed into a standing stall so that his tail hangs into his feed bucket. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Its tip was sharp as a screecher tail quill. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Now that the hare had mentioned it, he was sure that he could feel an itching in his tail. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Ron’s voice tailed away in mutters, barely audible over the loud crackling of the fire, though Harry thought he caught the words “Krum” and “can’t complain” again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Two are sleeping, and one is playing with its own tail. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Dismay went with me, his black tail swishing and his tongue hanging out of his slobbery mouth: I’m just so glad to be here! Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The scientist on board tells us that the fluke, or tail, of a whale is like a person’s fingerprint. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But as she swam away, he saw that instead of legs, she had a fish tail. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The point of view turns back to Bruno, whose tail is wagging again. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When she did get it in at last, she had to be careful not to trap its tail in the lid when she slid it closed. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She took a few steps forward, her chain dragging in the dirt, her tail still. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It moved its tail without lifting it, two inthes sideways in the grass. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The squirrels bumped along off the road, and a road-runner flirted its tail and raced over the edge of the hill and sailed out like a glider. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose to his feet, stretched, yawned, then came romping toward me, wiggling that stub tail and yelling Tow! Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doubletree Mutt looked into the barn, his big tail waving provocatively, and Jody was so incensed at his health that he found a hard black clod on the floor and deliberately threw it. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked sort of like a bumblebee, with a tiny cockpit perched way back where the vertical tail joined the fuselage. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That stench is unbelievable. And I found yellow paint in my tail this morning.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

If a photographer could tail her so easily, without being caught, couldn’t the psychopath who got away with throwing acid into Nicole Castro’s face just as easily sneak right up on her again? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He grabs hold of Nala's tail and scampers up her body as if it's a rescue ladder. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

If there were two tails and a heads, the one who flipped heads did not make the playoffs. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If gemmules existed, then a mouse with a surgically excised tail should produce a mouse without a tail. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She sprouted a tail, and her nose stretched out long. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cavall contented himself with barking wildly, biting their toes, lying on his back, trying to wag his tail in that position, and generally behaving like an idiot. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newsies sketch pictures of us, and black gossip post-balloons shift in and out of the crowd, their tails whipping in all directions, trying to catch a scandalous word here or there. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

When he was done with that end, he climbed on top, straddling her, his rattling chain settling behind him like a great tail. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Nails, Silver, and the pups sniffed him and wagged their tails in great excitement. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roger’s daemon, tail tucked firmly between her legs, shivered against him and gave a little quiet howl. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

They were all advancing on a tiny circular fox with huge eyes and a bushy tail curled around itself. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I walked behind her, lifted her tail, and saw the head of a dead lamb sticking out between her legs. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

They saw the fur on his shoulders rise, his hindquarters begin to lift from the ground, and the tip of his long tail begin to twitch like a thing with its own life. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I turned tail as he made for our house. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“How many times do I have to tell you those old boys don’t do nothing but chase tail?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The tail began to wag, and the hide made little ripples back and forth over the ribs. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tail I nailed up above the outhouse door, where everybody can see it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I tug the tail ribbons and open the back to retrieve the note. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The dog is shaking and keeps his tail between his back legs. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Barrabas kept his tail, which in time grew to be as long as a golf club and developed a life all its own that led to lamps and china being swept from tabletops. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little girl with the back of her shirt sticking out like a duck tail, the one who needed help reaching the dishes, and who begged to see the frosted cakes in the bakery window. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I squatted down to pet Lumpy, who wagged his tail so hard it smacked into Audrey’s legs. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I went and stood to one side of Jumper and jerked a long hair out of his tail. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He eeled in through die cables and formers, wiggling and pulling until he was inside the tail with his head clear of the surface of the water and his legs down on the angled floor. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time he whispered back to Thomas that he’d seen the tail end of the Griever disappearing around the next turn. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The curving tail of the prow was chipped and dull, the hull was battered and knobby with barnacles, the canvas dark and weathered, yet how beautiful she was! The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I could just see the black and white tip of its tail above the tall grass. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He walked right up to where he could almost touch his nose to hers and stood there, wagging his stub tail. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matter blown outward from the Sun’s atmosphere, the solar wind, carries fragments of dust and ice back behind the comet, making an incipient tail. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tail was as big as a wet corncob and every hair on his small body was sticking straight up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that he had seen him once, he could picture the fish swimming in the water with his purple pectoral fins set wide as wings and the great erect tail slicing through the dark. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grenadiers they were, in bearskin caps, coat tails buttoned back to show their white breeches. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The red stone was Nuwa’s last drop of blood. Some of Nuwa’s blood must be in the princess, which is why she has a fish tail.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“A stroke of brilliance I would not have thought possible from you, Worm- tail — though, if truth be told, you were not aware how useful she would be when you caught her, were you?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“The mustache is like a mouse’s tail,” I said, giggling. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Call this long?” the sailor replied, swinging far out to daub the curving tail of the dolphin. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When I pull on the end, it rolls out like a long tail of smoke. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

We were talking about his death sentence, and his tail is still wagging. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And here came Roany to meet him, charging with his head low and his tail high in the air. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the sky behind the castle, the fine red tail of the comet was visible through thin, scuttling clouds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sequences of heads and tails of a given length, say twenty flips, generally have a certain number of consecutive runs of heads. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the second it was in position at the base of his tail, Richard Parker’s anus distended, and out of it, like a bubble-gum balloon, came a black sphere of excrement. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her chin was pressed to the foot of the cliffs in a passion of devotion, and occasionally she gave her tail a wag. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

One short ear had been chewed clear off and his tail had been bobbed so close to his rump that there was hardly stub enough left to wag. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he got near the barn, he shied at a rock in the grass, stumbled, rared up, and raced away, tail arched high. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Bessie was swimming happily around, swishing his serpent tail and poking his head out the sides and bottom of the sphere. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Its plumage was still glossy, as if all the life in it had fled there, into the fine russet breast feathers, the darkly patterned wings, and the long deep-green tail feathers that shimmered like silk. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Yes, I think so," the dressmaker replied, "but I can't make heads or tails of them." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bird flew among the branches suddenly, all white with a tail like a fall of snow, and the golden apples dimming turned to seeds, each one a drop of crystal. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And so, the small mouse who had been dipped m oil, covered in flour, and relieved of his tail slipped out of the pantry and past the weeping ladies. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had seen the second fin now coming up behind the first and had identified them as shovel-nosed sharks by the brown, triangular fin and the sweeping movements of the tail. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

At 3:30 officials from the International Olympic Committee, draped in gold cords and wearing tall silk top hats and coats with long tails, walked out onto the Maifeld and formed a double cordon. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In my room, we screw together flute pieces: mouthpiece into body into tail. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Calling on the lion one day, the hare told him that he was very skilled at getting lice out of lion tails. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Chipper’s tail was cut short because he had caught it in the wheel and chopped about a quarter of it off. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A living tail crept like a secretive velvet snake through the rungs of the chair behind him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, taking a handful of long nails from a bag that he had with him, he hammered a nail through the lion’s tail and into the floor. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

We browsed the designer jeans and the purses at Marshall Field’s, often surreptitiously tailed by security guards who didn’t like the look of us. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

His powerful tail moved in slow strokes as he slid through the water towards us. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

From tip of nose to tip of tail he took up over a third of the length of the ship he was on. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He yelps and runs off behind the trailer, tail tucked down, belly to the ground. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn't pass any of them not only because it was dangerous to do so but also because we welcomed their red tail lights as a guide. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

To see the two of them together was a regular jolt: the young man’s head of yellow hair long as a dog’s tail next to her skein of black wool. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We got fired at on the way in, and for a while the tail was in flames and she couldn’t control it properly, and she made me bail out before she tried to land. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She grabs its golden tail ribbons, then lifts the teacup from its tray and sips. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Ivan, as the tail gunner in a Pe-2, had a job that was probably even more harrowing than the pilot’s or the navigator’s. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure because he had my tail in his mouth. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

On occasion one knocked the hull of the lifeboat with its tail. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“To see the firehouses burn across the land, destroyed as hotbeds of treason. The salamander devours his tail! Ho, God!” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the whole time, Winn-Dixie was standing right in the middle of everybody, wagging his tail so hard that I thought for sure he would knock Miss Franny right off her high heels. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Its eyes were dull and, even as Harry watched, a couple more feathers fell out of its tail. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, in about ten minutes he came up through the woods, wagging his tail. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She envisioned the knifelike teeth and bottlebrush tail, the way each of its black claws had curled in the earth as it tensed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He knew better than to walk over to the stewards’ stand—a reporter stood by to tail him wherever he went—so he called the office instead. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its hairless tail vanished like a spaghetti noodle sucked into a mouth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I let them drive ahead, watching their tail- lights, fighting a hotness rising in my throat. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In the tank David’s rubber duck bobs along the surface, a goldfish mouthing his tail. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

After an in­tense stare at Orange Juice, the hairs on its neck and shoulders stood up and its tail rose straight in the air. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

What I really feared was being strapped to a horse backward with my face bouncing in and out of the horse’s tail. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Then I glanced up and saw a pair of kites, red with long blue tails, soaring in the sky. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the stalled motorboat yanked frantically on the cord to his engine, and the two mud hens sought supper at the bottom of the lake, tails bobbing. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I shall wave my tail as well as prance,” said Sir Grummore firmly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last year, my dinosaur tail was trampled by the crowds. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

It has a thick hide that repels most charms and curses, a large, sharp horn upon its nose and a long, rope-like tail. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good question, Elijah. But they don’t hold their tails when they’re ready to bite, they hold them when they’re ready to chase after you!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Picking it up by the tail, I carried the corpse to the front window and leaned out. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The black puppy was looking at her and wagging his tail. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he heard the first explosion, Kutti whined and tucked his tail between his legs. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The spiny, flat tail of layered pine needle quills. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He sees me there at the window and his tail starts to thump. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He flicked his tail twice, as if to say, What? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, floating about two and a half feet off the ground, lying wrapped in a tight little ball with her nose tucked under her tail, was a small black-and-white border collie—dozing in midair. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It closed its tail and let the tips trail in the gravel. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hurried to the bathroom and ducked inside, Beau walking tight by my leg with his tail wagging. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Once she was inside, Aretha stood perfectly still on the bath rug, except for her tail. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She would fall asleep snoring against Dismay, who would thump his long black tail with happiness. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We are sitting in the kitchen, plucking the tails off the bean sprouts Grandma is making for dinner. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He stroked and squeezed while his lower half swished like a crocodile’s tail. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He wore a straw hat with a wide brim to keep off the sun, and the tail of his white shirt flapped in the wind. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"None of it is my business," he says, escorting me at the tail end of the group. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Of the four dolphins whose tails supported the shell on which the Triton squatted, the one nearest to Cecilia had its wide-open mouth stopped with moss and algae. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I could tuck tail and follow my tormenters back to town, or I could go ahead alone and lie to Dad about it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Then he raised his tail and slammed it down. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Under the microscopes, their long tails furiously lashing, spermatozoa were burrowing head first into eggs; and, fertilized, the eggs were expanding, dividing, or if bokanovskified, budding and breaking up into whole populations of separate embryos. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sawed into the flesh at the tail. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I follow Cain closely, unable to make heads or tails of our direction until the high, arched walls of the amphitheater rise up in front of us. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She fished a small lace-edged handkerchief out of her bag and this she somehow managed to wrap around the end of my tail. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She preened, then touched the gland near the top of her tail and lubricated her dry feathers with its oils. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She held on to her mother’s braid, rubbing the glossy tail between her fingers until she fell asleep. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the tail end of the crab season Call came home. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

You take him in your fingers delicately by head and tail and nibble him from off his backbone, and finally you eat the tail, crisp as a potato chip. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the midst of them was a cart, a long leiter-wagon which swept from side to side, like a dog’s tail wagging, with each stern inequality of the road. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

One side of the collar was adorned with tails, the other with heads. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

When his front paws were unstuck, the strange sticky tape trapped his back paws and tail. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The adults walked staidly among them, as elders should, and now and then pulled a tail to maintain order. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, Poppy, Bosh, and Grendel hurtle upstairs and clog the hallway where we are standing, snarfling our hands, flapping their hairy tails at our knees. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Whistling fireworks shriek across the sky, long tails of light streaking behind them like shooting stars. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

One day, Chief drank more cognac than usual, and talked haphazardly about people stabbing you in the back and small boys growing tails and ungrateful fools suddenly thinking they were sharp. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His tail would wag like a flag in a storm. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then he leaps out and immediately sets to licking his tail. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

They resemble stunted piglets with long legs, thick, stubby tails and narrow black eyes. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wingfield, I say to myself, imagining him with bright tail feathers and wings. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

But the mice—with equal and obdurate consistency—had been born with tails perfectly intact, generation upon generation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Happiness filled Matthias from tail to whiskers as he bobbed a quick bow to his superior and shuffled off. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

In the room beyond, a woman in a cat suit with a tail made of orange fake fur is redoing her make-up. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad and his mother got along like two cats with their tails tied together. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At the sound of their footsteps, Pinmei would scurry away to be out of sight, her long braid trailing her like the tail of a disappearing mouse. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

My hands have just landed on the metal at the pointed tail of the Cornucopia when I remember I'm part of a team. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“That cat always raising his tail to put a stink on my door,” complained my mother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But I thought, well, how often does I get such fine company? So nothing but the best. Heads or tails?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Cows under the trees whisked their tails; goats and ducks followed the children here and there; and the chickens scratched in the dirt. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pig's tail that was never allowed to be seen by any woman and that cost him his life when a butcher friend did him the favor of chopping it off with his cleaver. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The deep-laden boats pull in against the coast where the canneries dip their tails into the bay. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used the red ribbon from the chocolate box to grab the opossum’s droopy tail and dropped him in. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Hear that? Those are turacos. And there’s a wood hoopoe. And there’s a gray mousebird; do you see that long tail?” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His stinging tail was straight out behind him, but he could whip it up in a flash of time. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the man had reached the top step, Moxie had come silently out of the bedroom and stood with raised tail just behind the man’s legs, ready to rub herself against them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Radar tucked his tail and slinked off the chair. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

When you’re through, The dog will lick Your palms for the flakes Of oil and salt, And he will wag His tail And pump his legs In his parade Of dog happiness. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He noticed that the end of Wilbur’s tail was within reach. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Her tail quills were no longer soft to the touch. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Given over to the knife and where the tail should be .. . nothing but a bloody stub. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

They fought amidst the grass and dirt and falling ashes beside the dead horse, until his brother rolled on his back in submission, tail tucked low. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Hermes killed him at once, of course, but Hera took the eyes and set them in the tail of the peacock, her favorite bird. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could see the tip of its green tail ahead over one of the large misshapen rocks. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The tail wagged faster, and he licked the boy’s hand. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Any children will be born with the tail of a pig.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Winn-Dixie wagged his tail and tried to get in between the two of us. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stood there, watching him plunge swiftly and contemptuously out of sight, his tail light as red as his nose. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hopped to a lower branch, and turned to avoid another crow, and I saw it was mottled brown, with reddish tail feathers. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

And he crawled out of Mig’s pocket and made his way up to her shoulder and situated himself there, laying his tail across her neck to balance himself, “''tour Highness,” he said again. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Rus woofed again, wagged his giant shaggy tail against the bed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The caskets were almost completely loaded into the tail end of the C-47. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The secret,” she panted, “is to never take your eyes off the scorpion’s tail.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Rich Americans in top hats white ties and tails must be going home to bed with the gorgeous women with white teeth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then she turns and walks away on long bare legs, her devil tail swishing back and forth. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The other wolves made do with his leavings; the old male fed first, then the female, then the tail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He had talked to her not with his voice, but with his ears, eyes, and lips; and he had even commended her with a wag of his tail. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We scurried out to Mom’s station wagon with our tails between our legs. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The fish was coming in on his circle now calm and beautiful looking and only his great tail moving. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that the tip of my tail had been cut off and that I was about to crash on to the floor and everyone in the kitchen would be after me. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Then he shook his tail feathers and paddled his feet and set out on his very first swim. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"Tuck your tail in, little duck," I say, smoothing the blouse back in place. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He’s always running up the stairs with some dude on his tail ready to bust him up. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

A little twist in the tail of a “y.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He even wagged his tail a little, and then went and sat by the empty plate. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

And then she carefully opened another box and pulled out what looked to be five or six dead foxes with open beady eyes, limp paws, and fluffy tails. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The terrier heard a crunching sound as the cat’s jaws moved, and, wagging his tail in interest, moved over to investigate. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And last fall, a pickup truck had run over his tail. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Behind him were a woman with the head and tail of a lioness, and a Pharaoh in a cobra headpiece. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The dogs woofed and squealed and thumped their tails on the velvet seats. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

It was chief of all the horrors of the fen, and even the angry rats turned tail and fled when they saw its grisly head emerging. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped into the little office, Beau coming with me but looking up at them and grinning as he passed, tail slapping back and forth. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Can we still eat them if they don’t have tails?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They were all red, except for their black pointed noses and their sharp black ears, and each one had a white tip on its long red tail. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Got to have that ruddy tail removed before he goes to Smeltings.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

As Ryan walked to the front of the room, he reached into his pocket, grasped Ralph by the tail, and dragged him, clawing and struggling, out of the pocket. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

It began to walk away, head and tail held high and proud. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Pinmei took a deep breath, and when she exhaled, the air steamed from her mouth, curving like the tail of a dragon before disappearing. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He hit the ground, spreading his wings and tail to cushion his fall. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Grover, in confusion, wags his tail and lifts his head to be petted. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the next day, if you can get out and lose the tail—” “No,” I mutter, fanning myself again. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I discovered a bird with a black head and mahogany-colored tail as long as my arm, curved like a bow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

First two points of mast, then sails, transparent and wraithlike in the fog, then, as Kit strained her eyes, the looming hull, the prow, and the curved tail of a fish. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t make heads nor tails of it till a minute ago when I seen him going at the blackboard like a demon had ahold of him! Then I finally knowed what it was!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Supposedly Volkheimer has carried three first-years across the river by holding them above his head; supposedly he has lifted the tail end of the commandants automobile high enough to slip a jack under the axle. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“But, please, do not feed the squirrels. Squirrels are nothing but thieving rodents. Rats with fluffy tails.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

They ran up to the big dog, holding their tails up like little flags. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crawls back into the office and grabs the cat by the tail. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

His tail flopped over the back of the chair, and from one of his ears dangled a jewel that looked like a small crown. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He looked insulted, and the whole time, he didn’t show me his teeth or wag his tail once. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

And she stuck her hand into the oil and pulled him out by his tail. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He took Wilbur’s tail in his mouth and bit it, just as hard as he could bite. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Her hair was gathered into a stubby bunny tail at the nape of her neck. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I tried to eat the pig tails, but like chicken necks, they are mostly bone and little meat. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a hole there on the carpet beneath Jasper’s tail. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I felt something brush my legs and looked down at Nick, wagging his tail. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then sliding out the cart’s tail board, they took armloads of clothing to the dusky water, and trod them in the pits, making a race of it. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could feel the rumble of the craft’s engines tilling the air but couldn’t make out the silver skin, the sweeping ribs, the finned tail. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Approximately 500 of the 1,000 people will answer yes simply because the coin landed tails. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only she had big ears and a tail, she could lecture and talk to them all. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when he knew he heard Odysseus’ voice nearby, he did his best to wag his tail, nose down, with flattened ears, having no strength to move nearer his master. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still busy primping, his white-tipped tail twitched along with the beat. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

War Admiral appeared first, spinning around in a white blanket, yellow ribbons in his tail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its single functioning arm flailed wildly while its tail and legs thrashed about. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In one claw he grasped a long pole with a ferret’s head spiked to it, while in the other was his thick, enormous tail, which he cracked like a whip. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Nuwa, the goddess who instead of legs had a tail like a fish, heard the cries from earth. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I gave the tail of my deck a kick. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Fang flung himself at the window in his anxiety to get out, and when Harry opened the door, he shot off through the trees to Hagrid’s house, tail between his legs. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The gosling shook his tail feathers and chewed his very first bites of food. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She gives signals with her legs, her wings, and her tail. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The animal is big and the color of cinnamon, with a long nose and a tail of straight hair. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Judging from the way the makara was excitedly wagging its tail, she was going with the latter. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dismay was at my side, wagging his tail at Mr. Johnson. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bob, who has been chewing his tail, pauses, tilting his head. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

If it comes up tails, the person should simply answer yes. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man pinched their heads off with his thumb and forefinger and ate them chewing up the shells and the tails. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sandy marches right up to the fish and grabs it by its tail. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He stuck his blade into the tail end of the fish and cut up to its head, letting the blood drip onto Emmett’s chest and face. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

With his tail against the rock, he flung his body out of the water and thus broke away. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Capturing a crayfish was tricky; one had to grab it firmly between its head and tail or it would wiggle free. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tail was twixt his legs and he was staggering ’round and whining and looking like he waren’t seeing too good. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Despereaux, his tail wrapped around his feet, stared back at her. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Kutti trotted over, sniffed at the tall boy’s bare feet, and then wagged his tail. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mole put his tail between his legs and slunk out from under the lodge, into the bushes. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then with a switch of his powerful tail the golden carp disappeared into the shadowy water under the thicket. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She snorted, stuck her tail in the air and made for him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one hand, I pull it into a messy tail and twist it into a tight knot. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I can hardly see a thing,” said Milo, taking hold of Tock’s tail as a sticky mist engulfed the moon. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The shark held on to his paw, its only line of defence and attack, and thrashed its tail. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

His long, checkered shirt tail was hanging out of his pants. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly Cluny’s tail wound itself about the ferret’s neck, drawing him in close. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was probably still mad because the neighbor’s cat had snuck up on him and stolen two of his tail feathers. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

You can use the Big Dipper to find Polaris, the North Star, which, by the way, is the tail end of the handle of the Little Dipper. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He put his tail between his legs and hung his head. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Hunger streaks appear in tail and wing feathers if a bird does not get the right food during the time the feathers are growing in. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nuzzled my neck and wagged her tail. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He had never seen Moaning Myrtle so cheerful, apart from the day when a dose of Polyjuice Potion had given Hermione the hairy face and tail of a cat. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“There’s no telling how far down it goes,” the captain says, the left side of his mustache twitching like the tail of a rat. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And Furlough found his brother in the library, standing on top of the great, open book, his tail wrapped tightly around his feet, his small body shivering. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He slapped his tail on the floor in approval. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Oh . . . Say, I’ve got a couple of pig tails left. You want me to put them in with the beans?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few snaps and a warning growl, and the female and the tail submitted too. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Two of them turn tail and sprint across the lot. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They weren’t quite close enough to hear him, and the moaning beast on their tail didn’t make listening easier. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

As Laila reached for the curtains, she saw a car pass by on the street tailed by a cloud of dust. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The bull's tail went up and he charged, and Romero moved his arms ahead of the bull, wheeling, his feet firmed. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Other times he was that red Devil who lurks on the Underwood ham cans, self-satisfied and corrupt in his bow tie, mustache, and arrow-point tail. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The domovoi in his cat form sat beside her, and his tail whipped back and forth behind him against the ground. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

When I didn’t answer, he settled into a doughnut shape, tail wrapped around himself, and closed his eyes. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Something about the way he’s standing—it’s almost submissive, like a dog with its tail between its legs. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cluny was the picture of barbaric power, geared for war from his poison tail tip to the frightening battle helmet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Like a dolphin lying on its side, with its tail pointing toward the sunrise, its nose pointing to the sunset, and its fins making reefs and the rocky ledges along the shore. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has reddish-blond hair tied back in a low, messy tail, and a smattering of freckles across her pale skin. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His enormous tail draped over the side of the tub. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He sized up the passengers, chose his prey: a wrinkled woman at the tail end of her Geritol years who fears her own shadow with good reason. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The square was mostly empty, except for an enormous gray horse that swished its tail in front of the smithy. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Rats scatter in front of us with squeaks of terror, and I see only their tails, slipping between mounds of waste, empty trash cans, soggy cardboard boxes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

On this night against the Abilene Eagles, he gained forty-six yards on ten carries, and his return to action earned a single paragraph at the tail end of the Odessa American account of the game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It shifted its hundred-foot-long body, flicking its dappled green tail and wiping out a battalion of ogres. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Bosh, Grendel, and Poppy follow me out of the house, panting and wagging their tails. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He took it like it was the tail of a dead mouse. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Heads you pay for my dinner, tails, I pay for yours.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“He’ll probably come back like a small dog with its tail slung between its legs.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

By nightfall he was able to walk over to the soft grass at the side of the track, where he lay down and blinked happily at his companions, wagging his pitiful tail. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He called softly to Andrew and gave him a biscuit out of his own pocket, and while Andrew was munching it he tied Andrew’s tail to the fence with a piece of string. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Cut ½-inch x 4-inch strips of tissue paper and fasten them to the tape inside the roll to form a tail. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

A smoke- colored cat curled itself around my ankles, its tail in the shape of a question mark. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the keeper lowered him onto his big, padded feet on the marble floor, where he stood, his tail twitching from side to side. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The next chapter began with an N. An animal with a furry tail sat perched in the angle between the second and third strokes of the letter. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And with a flick of its tail, the snake vanished into the hole in the mountainside. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He pulled back his lips and showed the preacher all of his crooked yellow teeth and wagged his tail and knocked some of the preacher’s papers off the table. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The flag of a pirate ship on the far horizon, a mermaid’s tail flipping out of sight behind a wave. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

With his tail pulled taut and the wind whistling through his fangs, Redtooth howled as the trees went by in a green blur. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Amari took the sharp stone and cut each fish open from tip to tail. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected it to thrash its claws and curl and uncurl its tail. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

T.R. licked my face, wagging his tail into a blur, while I and the others cheered the black giant. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She started nipping at the long red tail of Old Dan. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthias cut a comical little figure as he wobbled his way along the cloisters, with his large sandals flip-flopping and his tail peeping from beneath the baggy folds of an oversized novice’s habit. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Nor do we. Not real tails," the porcupines said. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thick tail of the Warlord flicked out venomously at Matthias’s face. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The other rats laughed, but not the king who whipped his tail out from under Henry and slashed poor Gox in half. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally our ancestors would see a very bright star with a tail, glimpsed for just a moment, hurtling across the sky. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cluny lashed out with his long tail, sending the Vole family flat upon the floor. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They had only gone a few paces when Hermione’s bandy-legged ginger cat, Crookshanks, came pelting out of the garden, bottlebrush tail held high in the air, chasing what looked like a muddy potato on legs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Bigger took a piece of newspaper and gingerly lifted the rat by its tail and held it out at arm’s length. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then we came home one evening and found the cats strung up by their tails from our front gate, gutted and skinned and bleeding out, their heads chopped off. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Determined to finish quickly, I rip off the tails of the bean sprouts as fast as I can. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The shape of the diving plane slashing horizontally through the conning tower and the shark’s tail rudder at the back was like nothing he had ever seen. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

But they were silly, fearful creatures; and after looking at me in surprise, they both scurried up an oak tree and scolded senselessly in loud voices, shaking their tails, until I left. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He knew how he would grab it—by the tail, of course, so he wouldn’t have to put his hand near the snake’s mouth. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He wagged his tail furiously and took Silver’s slender nose in his mouth. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why, with a car like that, he would no longer have to hang onto his tail to keep it from tangling in the spokes. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Their bristly fur was plum-colored, and their tails looked like burnt flapjacks covered in quills. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Its long tail feathers were green and turquois, and a bright splash of red feathers covered its breast. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It was noticed that they wagged their tails to him in the same way as the other dogs had been used to do to Mr. Jones. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He instinctively crouched over Boots until he realized it was just Ripred smacking his tail against the ground. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Give the fish an inch and it’ll get its tail under the water and then there will be no stopping it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It had a glittering golden tail as long as a peacock’s and gleaming golden talons, which were gripping a ragged bundle. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

A monkey can run amazingly fast, it can jump long distances, and it uses its tail as a gripper or a hook. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I shook off the backpack and dried my face with the tail of Abbey’s shirt. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Håkon let his tail drop, and the water spider collapsed back into the river with a dull crash. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

His ears were pointed up at me, but his tail wasn’t wagging. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon, his thick cat’s tail erect, stood on her lap with his blazing eyes fixed on the old man. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The head functions like an internal GPS system, and the position relative to the head and the tail gives each segment a unique “address” in the embryo. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He must have seen us from the window, for three minutes after we had started he was on our tail again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The powerful tail lashed backwards, wrapping itself around Shadow’s body. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You can hear their tails dragging through the muck and filth. You can hear them filing their nails and teeth. They are coming for you. They are coming to take you apart piece by piece. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The raven hops off by a mountainous pile of paper scales with a curling tail that looks as though it might once have been a dragon. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He held the tail in his left hand, trying to quiet it down as he talked. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, not long ago, he had ridden on her shoulder, his tail coiled round her arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It ran wildly in circles, biting at its tail, spun in a frenzy, and died. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tail whips and licks against our little cardboard Cadillac covered in spray paint. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The fox’s heartbeat climbed and the brushy hairs of his tail lifted. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Huggins had found organic matter in the comets; in subsequent years cyanogen, CN, consisting of a carbon and a nitrogen atom, the molecular fragment that makes cyanides, was identified in the tails of comets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And that fox escaped with his tail between his legs, with all the hens chasing after him,” the old man finished. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pound of porgies,” Daddy says, “head and tails on.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Come, come,” said Botticelli, “let go of your needle. Take hold of my tail. I will lead you to your princess. I promise. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“By the magic hairs of Monkey’s tail, you’ve been living in this smelly, drafty place?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tzara’s was a serpent swallowing its tail, which symbolized the cycle of destruction and rebirth and had become popular since the defeat of the gods. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He flips around, lashing his fleshy tail at the knights, and then darts into the trees from which he’s come. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Only the high wailing continued, and then both Will and Lyra saw what it was: a tabby cat, cowering against the wall of the tower, its ear torn and its tail bent. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Not too far ahead now! I’m going to be at your tail, and I’ve got the rope handy.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The long red tail of Mormont's Torch burned as bright as the moon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As Håkon pulled his bloodied tail free of the net, Sigurd roared. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Templeton seized the string, passed it around the end of the pig’s tail, and tied two half hitches. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Over Gilboa, she braked by pulling down on her secondary flight feathers and tail. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“You’re like a cat with a bunch of tin cans tied to its tail.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them had wound its tail around his arm. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Mix some sugar with that flour, put it on her tail, and wrap it in brown paper. Tie it on and leave it for a week.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, Idella,” she said, “what have you got a burr under your tail about now?” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

If there were two heads and a tails, the one who flipped tails did not make the playoffs. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hellhound wagged her tail and accidentally knocked over a tree. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

We stand out in the meadow flying the kite, and I watch the blue-and-yellow-and-green tail whipping around in the breeze, and I’m thinking about Shiloh’s tail, the way it wags. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She backed down the tunnel entrance to her house tail first, pulling the corn after her and calling cheerfully as she went: “Children! Wake up! See what I have for breakfast. A surprise!” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

From its head to its long ratty tail it was nearly two feet long. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

A chill took him and he lashed the tiller over with the tail of the mainsheet and went below for a moment to get his windbreaker. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He barks “Todd!” in agreement but when I come near he curls his tail as far under his belly as the new length will go. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The cat’s for was on end, and its tail was bristling like a chimney sweep’s brush. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

If I pulled a hair from a horse’s tail and sealed it in a jar of my own urine, the hair would turn overnight into a snake. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mango’s tail is sinking low, a sure sign that the storm is almost upon us. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

No more good food, no big body to clamber on, no tail to chase, pretending it was prey. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Ray lets his tail wag at the idea, ears perk to the sound of his best friend’s voice. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Near the bridge, in the willow thicket on the river bank, lay the broken-up machine with a black spider of a swastika on its tail unit,” said Nina. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

As his eyes softened, the sweet odor of ambrosia arose from the gland on the top of his tail and she was drenched lightly in wolf scent. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother wants to have the dog’s tail operated on again, and if it doesn’t heal this time, she’ll have to be put away. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby stared at all this, trying to make head or tail of it, but she could not. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Joe and Marly watched until they couldn’t see a thing but the white tips on the tails. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

His neck was thick, his head heavy, his tail stubby, his boxing-glove knees crouched. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s standing in front of a row of black and white horses, wearing pink sequins, tights, and satin slippers, talking to a man in top hat and tails. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Chi-Boy threw his head back and let out a screech that curved up into a tail before fading. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

You each flip a nickel, and it comes up heads or tails. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, I jumped up and hooked my tail around the handle of the garbage-bin. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her nightgown sweeps behind her like a tail. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Naomi stayed a long time in the stall, working her fingers through the tail of her braid, fighting to get free of their words. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He rode upon a strong dappled horse with flowing mane and tail and his stirrups and bridle were inlaid with silver. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Second, because the little girl, who I guessed was Tobias’s sister, began smooshing Delilah’s ears, which made Delilah wag her tail, and then lean against Tobias in total love with him. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But as Bobby passed a storage barn and, beyond that, a livestock corral, he heard a horse’s tail swish. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mole picked it up and, tail wagging, carried it under the lodge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Boots’s throbbing tail twitched, but he didn’t spring at the shepherd. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Even Old Dan wagged his long red tail, which was very unusual. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thrush had wings, tail, eyes, legs—apparently everything. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their tails are iridescent green, and their breasts are small and bare. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, the surprise was three dudes with snake tails instead of legs. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“We care not of heads and tails, only of the flesh between!” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I uncurl it gently, Manchee murmuring “Tail, tail” to himself all the while. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

His leathery, spiky tail whipped deadly thorns in all directions. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

A boy next door called Rupert Entwistle had told her that if you chopped off a newt's tail, the tail stayed alive and grew into another newt ten times bigger than the first one. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his tail off the ground and held it at an angle and marched in time to the music the minstrels were playing on their guitars. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, from under the bridge, with a languid movement of its flat tail, swam a gravel-colored fish as long as a rabbit. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each Saturday afternoon Joe hiked the three miles into town with one or more of the enormous salmon slung over his shoulder on a willow switch, their tails dragging in the dust behind him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The bird was about the size of a pigeon and was grayish brown with a long pointy tail hanging underneath it. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was wondering not what he would do with his tail, but what he would do without it. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had shaken the KGB tail, and he secured his ticket. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as we got inside, Wishbone came leaping toward us, ears flapping and tail wagging. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The cat stayed staring at him from behind some bulrushes for a while, then raised his tail so that it alone was in sight and twitched the end, enjoying the dog’s silent frustration. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is sleeping, his head resting on the branch, and his bushy, ringed tail dangling beneath him. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Basta reared up like a snake when someone has trodden on its tail. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It could also be described as a Cheerio with a long tail. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rights the bag, opening it carefully and pulling out a small black kitten with splotches of white along its legs and tail. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Matt stared at a pin fastened to the woman’s collar, a silver scorpion with its tail curved up. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside him, Branch scampered, his broken stub of a tail wagging crookedly. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There went the frightened, snorting cattle, stampeding through the trees with their tails in the air like it was heel-fly time. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sort of looks like Chester, only he’s got longer ears and a shorter tail. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

The dog chased his tail, spinning in circles, ignoring them completely. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

His hair was of sullen brown, and he wore on it a crown of mesarthium shaped as a wreath of serpents swallowing each other by the tails. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Runt whimpered and fluffed his tail over his snout, still asleep. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

‘You all time pounce in on the very tail of what somebody say and then want to know all about it,’ Portia said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell you a little secret. If it was me, I’d go with you in two shakes of a lamb’s tail.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His arm stretched, and he grasped the Time Suck’s tail, yanking himself away from Sheed’s grasp while aiming the camera at him. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The smoke took a shape and began to grow a tail and a head. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I glanced at them out of the tail of my eye. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As he tumbled, ears over tail through the air, he managed to catch one last glimpse of Abilene. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

A fluffy, white, pink-eyed bunny with a puff for a tail. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Folsom points, by contrast, are smaller and finer—perhaps two inches long and an eighth of an inch thick—and usually have a less prominent tail. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Resting up between crucial observations, Rachel was studying the tails of her hair very closely for split ends. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph threw his leg over his motorcycle, adjusted the rubber band that held his crash helmet in place, and grasped his tail so that it would not become tangled in his spokes. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

His tail lashed sideways and caught the pitmaster creeping up behind him, breaking him in two. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Now you got me making rat stew, and I’m chopping squash, not little whiskers and feets and tails.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When he was ready, he took out another long nail and quickly hammered it through the lion’s tail. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

"Just rub it on your husband's head every night when he's sleeping, Mrs. Collingwood, and soon his hair will be as thick and as long as Mary Lou's tail." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

And then the match went out and Gregory released Roscuros tail. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He fled Virginia around 1927 or so, with Jim Crow hot on his tail, so to speak. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door had opened and a man had come in, dressed in the black suit and tails of an old-fashioned butler. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The dog raced down the backbone of the cow to the attack and Janie screamed and slipped far back on the tail of the cow, just out of reach of the dog’s angry jaws. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

They take off in a V and I turn tail without looking back, back through the woods and the Pepsi-Cola sign, past the Brooklyn Bridge to my porch. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Their long gray tails dangled like a series of ropes among the leaves. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The manticore howled, turning in circles with his tail flailing as Annabeth hung on for dear life. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

If she did have an elilith, she wouldn’t want a serpent swallowing its tail like Tzara and many of the younger women had who’d come of age after the liberation. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He looked first at the fish I carried and then at me and moved his tail. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

You pressed its tail and it opened its mouth and you put the coin in between its tusks, one of which had been broken off and glued back on. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In his hand, he grasped a snake by the tail. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong lowered the boat tail back into the water. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The cream-colored dragon sunk sharp black claws into the lion's mane and coiled its tail around her arm, while Ser Jorah took his accustomed place by her side. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She let her fingers move gently in the water, and the fish glided in between them and held itself there with lazy motions of its tail while she very delicately stroked its slippery sides. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I twist around and see he's just reached the tail, and the mutts are right on his heels. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Harry had a sudden mental image of himself in a top hat and tails, accompanied by a girl in the sort of frilly dress Aunt Petunia always wore to Uncle Vernon’s work parties. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He sank back to the ground, his blood- smeared body trembling while he wiggled his stub tail and tried to lick my hog-cut leg. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her wings to her body and flicked her tail in frustration. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

They dried the reeds tied on their flagpoles and horses’ manes and tails. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And eight will be left when we count up the dead. Well, one down and three to go,” said Ripred, poking the spider with the end of his tail. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

What we did, and it was my idea, we dipped every horse, mule, and cow tail in that yellow paint. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The drakon’s tail lashed around the giant’s waist, dragging him closer to its gnashing teeth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

His legs had united into a single crude tail. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I bit my thumb nail, watching Frank out of the tail of my eye. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The blade missed Håkon’s tail by a hair’s breadth, driving into the rocky ground instead. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He even wears a white shirt with a suit vest over it like he’s catching the tail end of a wedding. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

At that, one of the horses lifted its tail and plopped out a contradiction to his statement. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

And contrary to countless barroom conversations, the law of large numbers doesn’t imply the gambler’s fallacy: that a head is more likely after a string of tails. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals outside regarded these with great interest and some of them tried to make the babies laugh by thrusting their paws or their tails in through the bars. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

When they were all staring at him, the dog began to wag his tail. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She whips her tail and lifts one foot briefly, almost like a wave. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The cat was some distance away, belly to ground and tail twitching excitedly, stalking his breakfast. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glerk pressed his four arms to the ground and eased his massive bottom under the curve of his spine, letting his heavy tail curl around the whole of him like a great, glistening snail’s shell. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

There were metal guards over the headlights and tail- lights, and four large spotlights attached to the crash bar. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“The alchemical worm Ouroboros of ancient myth. Its teeth are sunk in its tail.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I. . . well, finally Chiron came out in his pajamas and his horse tail in curlers and—” “He wears curlers in his tail?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

His tail started wagging, and the darkness began to vibrate around them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They say that salmon have been narrower near the tail ever since. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

If he’d had a tail, he would have tucked it down between his legs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mom, however, told us that the FBI wasn’t really after Dad; he just liked to say they were because it was more fun having the FBI on your tail than bill collectors. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The creature is female, and while her tail is fake, her long parsnip nose is entirely real. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"What do we do with all those mice who have had their tails chopped off?" asked the audience. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Of course, Wishbone sat by the kitchen door with his nose twitching in the air and his tail wagging a mile a minute. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Jess was trying her best, but from the start she had been handicapped by her big curling bush of a tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There was a tail sticking out of it. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

While Pantalaimon paced the floor lashing his tail, his fur almost sparking, Thorold hastened to bring her stiff, reeking furs and help her into them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Kayak roared into Santa Anita with guns blazing, staging an overpowering performance to win a handicap prep race, just missing a track record, running with ears up, tail fanned out behind him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But it is a greater honour to dangle at your tail, Gandalf. For one thing, in that position one has a chance of putting a question a second time. Are we riding far tonight?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Get one riled, and he’d slap his big tail and give off a stench as ferocious as an outhouse in August. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I say all that I can and start for the door, but Maya grabs the tail of my cardigan. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The huge tail snaked out and caressed the fox. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was pleased to see the young dog appear presently; he wagged his tail and licked the other’s face, then followed resignedly when a move was made towards the direction of the road. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail. I could live so easy and maybe have a girl.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Janie achieved the tail of the cow and lifted her head up along the cow’s rump, as far as she could above water. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Anyhow, he headed for the timber, running with his tail tucked. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tattooed dragons ran the length of his arms and sent their tails curling up his neck to twine with the faded patterns of his own long-ago light crew tattoos. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Earthworm stood up on his tail and did a sort of wriggle of joy all by himself. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her poodle led the way, wagging its tail. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

We were greeted at the door by a small white poodle with a red silk ribbon tied to its tail. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The boat's tail was as far in the water as it could go, but he was still moving too slowly. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Her tail thumped back and forth, hitting my knees. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“We often tailed each other on our way to secret meetings,” recalled Feklisov, “to make sure we were not being followed.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I poked the tail of the rocket at him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It closely resembles a Jack Russell terrier, except for the forked tail. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If that free takes a notion to fall, it’ll mash you flatter than a tadpole’s tail.” look on his friendly face, he gave me a hurry- up signal with a wag of his tail. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old dog did not move; only his tail beat slowly. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tailed off lamely, till the thin man prompted him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were trailing a comet’s tail of light, orange-yellow in the center, with edges of blue-green and lavender. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tail looped and snaked like a lasso at a rodeo. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She looked around and realized that every object on this vast plain had grown a vaporous comet’s tail—all pointing toward Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Plus I glued sparkles on the tails,” the boy added, “so. they’d be easy to spot.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He repeated a number of times, “Tactics, comrades, tactics!” skipping round and whisking his tail with a merry laugh. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

But then it jumped to the floor, tail switching, and I saw it was a cat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t move like he was pulling threads—the most he had done was whip his tail around a bit—and she wondered how he was creating the column. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

As he did so, his hood fell back, and Harry saw the look of revulsion on Worm- tail’s weak, pale face in the firelight as he carried the creature to the rim of the cauldron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Seal brushed against her legs, her tail in the air. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

Boomer’s tail starts going nuts when we step up to the door. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

On second thought he took out the wing and tail feathers, which were stiff and long and pretty—banded and speckled in browns and grays and light reds. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cotton jumped over puddles of muddy water while Wishbone scampered along behind him, ears flopping and tail wagging. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

If he tucked his tail and ran away, he’d have just enough juice to make it back to base. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The inked dragon curled around his right forearm, its tail encircling the letters KAT branded into his skin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Noah, his tail’s not wagging,” Abbey said under her breath. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

After the tail was cut off—as a trophy for the conqueror—nothing was left to waste: the meat was dried, the heart smoked, the intestines made into sausages. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Flora watched Ulysses fly over her, his tail extended at full length and his front paws delicately pointed. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Alex expects Henry’s handler to be some stout storybook Englishman with tails and a top hat, probably a walrus mustache, definitely scurrying to place a velvet footstool at Henry’s carriage door. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The column’s really written over at the National Palace and it’s meant to “serve notice” to anyone who has been treading on the tail of the rabid dog, as we say back home. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To his side were giant glowing jellyfish that lit their surroundings with their streaming tails. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A stone merman rose from its waters, twenty feet tall from tail to crown. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Fox’s tail swished angrily, and he bared his teeth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the tail of the train hasn’t left one tunnel before the locomotive dives into another. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It had gold tassels behind its ears and a flying tail and three golden hooves on the ground and one in the air. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It was nearly nine o’clock when Squealer made his appearance, walking slowly and dejectedly, his eyes dull, his tail hanging limply behind him, and with every appearance of being seriously ill. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He was bathing in it, wallowing in it, positively luxuriating in it, his flickering tail hanging over the side of the bowl, flinging sugar across the table. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

His red pants had a convenient hole in them so that his tail could stick out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tails doodlelooped red on blue, erasing themselves as they flew. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I knew the routine by heart—at this very moment, the tail end of the Grand Spectacle was exiting and Lottie, the aerialist, was ascending her rigging in the center ring. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I tried, but I couldn’t make heads or tails of my heart. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evans could swing his little sixteen-inch telescope around like a tail gunner in a dogfight, spending no more than a couple of seconds on any particular point in the sky. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Dressed more casually than Whitby, he had his sleeves rolled back to expose a green inked dragon curling up his right forearm, its tail encircling the letters KAT burnt into his flesh. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was walking very fast but very quietly, until I accidentally stepped on the tail of a snake. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Kuda let go of the cat, which had roused itself enough to twitch the tip of its tail. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was another man behind him, much older and dressed just out of this world, with a tall hat and glasses and a cloth drapery dress and swishing an animal’s tail back and forth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cut the rope then and went astern to noose the tail. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped on a piece of broken barrel and slid down the dune, landing on his fake rabbit tail in a tidal pool. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He just lifts his head and wags his tail. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The serpent resolved itself into a neck and tail, and then the dragon’s long homed head appeared, his eyes glowing in the dark like golden coals. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Above the marshes, a pale quarter moon waited in a light blue sky, with mares’ tails clouds brushing against it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tail beat again and she scrambled to her house, awed by the sensitivity of Amaroq. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tail was raised, pushing up against the tarpaulin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“There was the fish, caught only by one fin, and its tail wildly thrashing and shining in the sun. There was the web, sagging dangerously under the weight of the fish.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I even said goodbye to the bandicoot, which switched its tail and twitched its whiskers at me in a friendly way. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Wart sat down again on the floor, and Archimedes resumed his toilet, pulling his pinions and tail feathers through his beak to smooth the barbs together. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent her head and examined my tail. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I want to run around, wag my tail like Mi Shi. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Inside, the grooms were brushing down beautiful, glossy horses, or cleaning their polished hooves, or braiding their long tails. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

A long tail slid in the dark shadow of the dune before him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“When I first came here it was the tail end of the ‘grande dame’ era,” said David L. Hostetler, a sculptor, who arrived in 1971. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Ziggy is at her heels, and when he sees me, he wags his tail. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He wagged his tail when he saw me and went on drinking. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

His wings were back, his tail feathers were back, and his neck was pulled around as if he was trying to turn but couldn’t. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Grover was fascinated by dead animals and, tail low, would growl at them as long as allowed to. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll take that happy tail wag as a yes,” Jenny said with a laugh. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The tiny tail gunner woke up while Yossarian was cutting with the scissors, saw him, and fainted again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

So zealous in their charge were those proud cats that they bent the last joint sideways for safer custody, and in time the faithful tails became crooked forever, and their childrens’ and their childrens’ children... The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows looked over and their eyes got big and their tails swished and they started to hold their heads up and moo, which means they’re pretty upset. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while a creature’s tail, fin, or snout would surface as some peculiar behavior. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Thorn ran and slid under the Nightbeast and slashed its neck to its belly with her spiked gloves, coming out on the other side and throwing a stream of incendio fire at its tail. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Never, never, never pick up a snake by its tail. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Harry Cat was lying on the shelf with his tail drooping over the edge, and Chester himself was relaxing in the matchbox. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or he looks at you, gives a tiny whine, and wags his tail. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The old man went out, looking like a dog with its tail between its legs. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

She pulls out a brush with a thin tuft of a tail at its end. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Soon enough, they each have a wide-winged plane with a long forked tail. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

"Our tails are round and furry," they said. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Could you carry your tail over your arm for the first part of the journey?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a fistful, he yanked out all of the guts, snapped off the tail, and threw the meaty shell into a plastic tote to be weighed and sold. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

From another came a dissonant piping that made the dragon lash his tail wildly from side to side. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Most noticeable of all was the stripe of white down the monstruo’s left side, beginning at its ear and running all the way to its tail. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Brown, with a white tip on their tails and four white paws,” Nhamo said quickly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the dog from the reservation: its happy, furry face; its shaggy little body; its wagging tail. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Glue the tail on the back so it sticks out to the side or up behind the head. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He whimpers, licks my face, and waits, his tail sweeping across the floor. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Then they caught Jody’s scent, and their stiff tails rose up and waved a greeting—Doubletree Mutt with the big thick tail, and Smasher, the incipient shepherd—then went lazily back to their warm beds. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despereaux’s small heart sank all the way to the tip of his tail. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Flies with heads and tails make eggs with heads and tails, which make embryos with heads and tails, which grow into flies with heads and tails, and so forth, ad infinitum. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

While I was treading water and breathing like a mermaid, a white shark swam closer, the side-to-side movement of his tail propelling the shark forward. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The head was wedged between large boulders and there was another rock between the caudal fins and tail. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

And there was no one on their tail. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Because right then, I didn’t care if I was going to Hell or that I was going to grow devil horns and a forked tail. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But the long tail whipped out, lashing the Warrior Mouse several times across the face. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"One of the cooks cut off my tail with a carving-knife," I whispered back. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

A weave of wind behind his tail was blowing his footprints away. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The cat flicked her long tail, paused to get a scratch behind the ears, then waded back into the mist. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“You must come more often,” he said; and to the old dog, who stood wagging his tail at the gentle warmth in the voice, “Remember me most kindly to your dear mother!” The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paced up and down without a word, his tail rigid and twitching. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I could still hear the sound of voices speaking English in the soft accents of the Luo language, urging me to feel free, feel free, eat more fat from the ram’s tail. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wrenched itself free of the other trike’s horn and spun, bashing the triceratops with its thick tail. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When you make a dog wag his or her tail? My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Aurora isn’t like other little kids that would yank a cat’s tail, but she is going to get right in its face and tell it how “bootiful” it is. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

There was no response, no whimpering cry or friendly wag of her tail. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog went running over to the manager, wagging his tail and smiling. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then I see this cat rubbing more vigorously on the window and he starts to raise his tail. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d stare out the window at the world blurring past, and every so often I’d catch a glimpse of his tail, riding the wind like the end of a kite. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She opened an eye and found the puppy looking down at her, its tail wagging. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I knew they’d want to think I was a good kid working his tail off to make the school a better place. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She let it fly and smacked the snake across the tail. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that in these waters, north is constantly chasing its own tail.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

They managed to drag Klava out just before the aircraft exploded; but her tail gunner was killed. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Each tiny sign was perfectly formed, with little flags and short tails at the ends of each stroke, resting on invisible horizontal strings like pins perched on a clothesline. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Here would be Sir Gawaine sitting on his antagonist’s chest, and finishing him off, through the ven tails of his helm, with the long sharp poinard called the Mercy of God. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog sat on his haunches and wagged his tail at me, drooling. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel the power as it swims by, making the boat rock with the whoosh-whoosh-whoosh of its giant tail shoving it through the water easy as can be. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It stared at the pieces, then leapt down onto the floor and, tail held high, it stalked from the room. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Shut up,” hissed the owner, pulling the animal’s tail. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I gave Wishbone the crackers, and after he gobbled them up, he looked at me and wagged his tail again. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Silas crept to the base of the cherry tree, tail twitching, head steady. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can't turn tail at the prospect of public speaking your whole life through, Taylor.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She may cut off their tails with a carving knife, this husbandless wife, whose school friends are still promenading through their girlhoods. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You sure they were moccasins? I never saw one with a shiny tail.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d drop the soft claws and tails into my bowl of melted butter, as though they were feeding the queen. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He crouched and lay still, his slowly moving tail the only sign of tension. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Danny was gazing at a couple of stunt kites with snaky ribbony tails. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The demon slashed a fairy with one of its tails, raked another with an impossibly quick swipe of its claws. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Still clutching the bottle, I gave a leap, turned a somersault in the air, and caught hold of the handle with the end of my tail. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

A brilliant greenish light as bright as the brightest electric bulb was shining out of its tail and lighting up the whole room. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Boomer’s tail goes crazy again, and he wags his way over to her. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It might be a mouse hiding under a leaf, a squirrel twitching its tail on a tree trunk, a blue jay calling from a bramble bush. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I mean, he lives by his wits in the woods, so he isn’t exactly wagging his tail twenty-four hours a day. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“You has to eat this, sir!” squeaked the elf, and he put his hand in the pocket of his shorts and drew out a ball of what looked like slimy, grayish-green rat tails. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In total, Weismann had serially removed the tails of 901 animals. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

For example, if one were to keep track of the proportion of the time that the number of heads exceeded the number of tails, one might be surprised that it is rarely close to half. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main courtyard was filled with warriors—mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She held her wings to her body and stacked her tail feathers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Did he go crawling around like this—look, Joey—like this? Did he wrinkle up his nose like this? Did he have a big old long tail?” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor carefully picked a shard out of the cat's tail and set it aside, then wiped her wet fingers on his fur. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I took another step, and she gave what was supposed to be a fierce growl, like a crabby kitten, then whacked her tail again. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It sank in a cloud of blood, her tress trailing like a tail. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We have a tail on two of the remaining androids,” Harry Bryant said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

A fat gray cat with a tail that lifted like a plume crossed the floor to our table and curved against my leg to purr each time she rubbed. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They faced north, gaping like statues cast in the moment of discovery, until Turtle Wexler, her kite tail of a braid flying behind her, raced her bicycle into the driveway. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t make of it head, or tail, or middle. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Getting to his feet, Rick made his way backstage to the dressing rooms; he followed the tail end of the cast, taking his time and thinking, It’s better this way, getting it immediately over with. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Emma scooped Rocket into her arms, even though that meant that his tail got dangerously close to the pool of syrup on her plate. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, I never!” says another, but mostly there is relieved laughter, because if this is the horse with the tail where his head should be, then how bad can the men’s show be? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He sat heavily on the ground, curling his thick tail around him like a cushion. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The Roaring Twenties stood at the tail end of a historic surge of immigration to the United States. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The fish righted himself and swam off again slowly with the great tail weaving in the air. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t make heads or tails of it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Walking home, my shadow shows eels dancing on my head with tails in shapes of bows, stars, hearts. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Nana suggested cutting off his tail to make him more refined, but Clara had a tantrum that degenerated into an asthma attack and no one ever mentioned it again. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was some sliver of a moon and in the faint-peari light he could see the bushy tail, the white stripes down the back, and he had nearly smiled. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can picture the last sight of Ray’s tail before the darkness swallowed him up. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The dog shrieked for mercy and the other two fled with their tails between their legs. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He could also steal glances at the lizard when it moved, swinging its tail from side to side. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“I’ll pass it along,” he muttered as a fluffy white tail dashed away. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Let her go, I say. Saves us the trouble of freezing our tails off” She dipped the brush in the bucket. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kicked hard with his feet, and thrashed hard with his tail, and in a minute or two he climbed back aboard the schooner, cold and wet but quite unharmed. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Madam Claire's guard tails me up each flight of palace steps. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then he turned him over and skinned the other side and cut each side off from the head down to the tail. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he sees me, he cries and thumps his tail at the same time, like he’s both happy it’s me and sorry it isn’t Gram. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then, with a flick of their tails, they darted away into the great void. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The cat was thin and mangy with one hairless ear and a chunk missing from his now-crooked tail. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He had become distracted, and Harry couldn’t blame him; one of the veela had thrown a handful of fire and set his broom tail alight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

His tail twitched as he watched a line of tiny ants marching from under the sink to a dark spot of something sticky by the stove. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

At first the tail was very thin, but then it became thicker and brighter, glowing red and yellow in the dark sky. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the horses are scratched and weathered, their tails broken off or their saddles chipped. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He pulled up on his tail, down on his wings, and was climbing. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He flicked at flies with the official staff of his office—some sort of stiffened animal tail that ends in a silky white tassel. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crab reached in his hunting bag and pulled out three squirrels, dangling them by their tails. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Guyard the Green, who fancied himself a singer, diddled a harp and gave them a verse about tying lions' tails in knots, parts of which rhymed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Where is my BAG?” shouted Mr. Banks, turning round and round in the hall like a dog chasing its tail. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Above the posters and storefronts were balconies upon which men lounged, their faces turned toward the sun and their shadows arching behind them on the walls like long tails. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the sound of my voice, the puppy thumped its tail. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The Wart’s legs had fused together into his backbone and his feet and toes had become a tail fin. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tied pretty red yarn around its tail to neutralize the bad luck. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Hyacinth saw her brother approaching, she quickly jammed the whole thing under Franz’s tail. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The queues were supposed to imitate the tails of horses, as if we were animals who had been tamed. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tail’s two thirds shorter than it used to be, blood everywhere, but, God bless him, he’s still trying to wag. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the blind old woman in her rickrack dressing gown and with her thin gray hair plaited into a rat’s tail stepped forward and pushed Vellya Paapen with all her strength. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned his head slowly, just enough to see Rex crouching behind him, back straight, ears swept forward, tail rigid and taut. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z