How to Use tailpipe in a Sentence

tailpipe

noun

• Will the Saints fall for the banana in the tailpipe again in 2017?
  — Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 14 Oct. 2017
• While idling your car to defrost the windshield, make sure the tailpipe is clear.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 4 Feb. 2022
• And even the pops and crackles exiting the tailpipes can be toned down to a dull blat.
  — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 30 Mar. 2020
• Sitting in a car while idling can be deadly if the tailpipe is blocked.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• Exhaust from the tailpipe tells him the engine’s still running.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2024
• Their only emissions are a few drops of water that come out of the cars’ tailpipes.
  — Rob Nikolewski, latimes.com, 25 Nov. 2017
• And this isn't about religion, so please don't try that banana in the tailpipe trick.
  — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 5 May 2021
• Much of the time, many PHEV owners live nearly free of tailpipe emissions.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2021
• Water vapor and heat are the only byproducts at the tailpipe.
  — Anna Fletcher, CNN, 14 Oct. 2019
• In some ways, tire dust is more potent than tailpipe emission.
  — Devika Rao, The Week, 11 July 2023
• Below, on the street, the vehicle roared to life, exhaust blasting out the tailpipes.
  — Mike Baker, New York Times, 29 May 2024
• Emmylou Harris once said Ms. Williams could sing the chrome off a tailpipe.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
• To put that in context, that’s as much carbon pollution as comes out of the tailpipes of 6.6 million cars over the course of a year.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
• Dear Car Talk: When starting my Camry cold, white smoke billows from the rear tailpipe.
  — Ray Magliozzi, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Oct. 2017
• Twin chrome tailpipes are inset in to the black rear bumper of the Z71 crew cab model featured in advance photos.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 16 Dec. 2017
• Be careful when parking your car on the side of the road or in areas with high grasses, keep your tailpipe away from grass.
  — Luke Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Oct. 2021
• Except for the fake exhaust tips on the rear bumper — the tailpipe is actually behind the bumper, pointing to the ground.
  — Robert Duffer, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2018
• That would allow the tailpipe to hit the car’s undercarriage, or something else near it.
  — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2022
• By far, the most tunnel time was spent perfecting the nacelle inlets, bleed designs and the tailpipe.
  — Clarence L. Johnson, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2021
• The Edition 35 Years does get an M Sport exhaust system with tailpipes finished in black chrome.
  — Daniel Golson, Car and Driver, 16 May 2019
• On the morning of the bond hearing, Dulos instead locked the door to the garage and ran a vacuum hose from the tailpipe of his car to the front seat and tried to kill himself.
  — Dave Altimari, courant.com, 22 Sep. 2020
• But the scores aren’t based on just fuel economy or tailpipe emissions.
  — Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
• The one element that struck us as out of step with both the elegant theme and the plug-in-hybrid powertrain is the meaty quad tailpipes.
  — Car and Driver, 29 Mar. 2018
• The point of electric cars is to cut tailpipe emissions, a leading source of carbon dioxide and the pollutants that cause of smog.
  — New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022
• And rightly so: Teslas make anything with a tailpipe feel like an antique.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2021
• The twin tailpipes appear to be built into the rear end, a common feature on luxury cars.
  — Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2018
• Transportation is a major source of greenhouse-gas emissions in the United States, and tailpipe emissions are a big part of that.
  — The Editors, National Review, 1 Apr. 2020
• Something as seemingly benign as a car’s tailpipe can be the culprit.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 9 Aug. 2024
• There are very few ordinances that state a sound level as measured at a standard distance from the tailpipe.
  — Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 13 Nov. 2020
• Cars that run on hydrogen emit zero carbon at the tailpipe, but 96% of the world’s hydrogen is still derived from fossil fuels like methane gas.
  — Angela Dewan, CNN, 11 July 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024