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
• The CO2 spilling out of tailpipes in New York is helping to melt the ice sheets at both poles.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 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
• The dog chases the bus never expecting to catch it, and God forbid the dog ends up with the tailpipe in its mouth.
  — Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
• 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
• The technology doesn't emit any pollution from the tailpipe of a bus.
  — Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
• 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
• So far, the focus of attention for reducing this figure has been on what comes out of the tailpipe.
  — James Morris, Fortune Europe, 7 Oct. 2024
• 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
• Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the world, and vehicles that use it release water vapor instead of tailpipe emissions.
  — Umar Shakir, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2024
• Finally, the car releases spent combustion gases to the atmosphere through its tailpipe.
  — Michael Leamy, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024