How to Use fishtail in a Sentence

fishtail

verb

• The car fishtailed on the icy curve.
• The third car fishtailed and got stuck in a yard on Bay Ridge Avenue.
  — Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2018
• The back tires grab and throw the bike forward while fishtailing.
  — David Curcurito, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2017
• With a Hat Part your hair into two sections, and then fishtail each side.
  — Brooke Shunatona, Cosmopolitan, 10 Apr. 2015
• The vehicle then fishtails, kicking up a plume of snow as the SUV's rear wheels come within inches of the tow truck driver.
  — Fox News, 30 Dec. 2019
• The truck fishtailed, entering the west traffic lane and causing a Dodge Ram pickup truck to swerve to avoid a head-on collision.
  — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2019
• Most runs, the rear end would fishtail, sometimes turning me completely around.
  — Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2019
• After striking the rear of Myles' car, the SUV fishtailed before running off the road and striking a tree, authorities said.
  — Clifford Ward, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2017
• The car started to fishtail before sliding out of control off the runway and into a grassy area from which spectators were watching.
  — NBC News, 28 Oct. 2021
• He was also seen spinning tires and fishtailing into an oncoming lane of travel.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 23 Jan. 2020
• Suddenly, the car fishtailed on the wet street, hit a tree and ricocheted into a telephone pole, crushing the vehicle and knocking Boesen unconscious.
  — Linda Marsa, Discover Magazine, 11 Sep. 2017
• Then the speeding tractor-trailer started to fishtail uncontrollably, said the teenager, Esvin Chipel Tzoy.
  — New York Times, 10 Dec. 2021
• Faced with a fast-unraveling situation, Trump’s policy toward the region continued to fishtail.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Oct. 2019
• Faced with a fast-unraveling situation, Mr. Trump’s policy toward the region continued to fishtail.
  — Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2019

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