How to Use tailpipe in a Sentence

tailpipe

noun

• In some ways, tire dust is more potent than tailpipe emission.
  — Devika Rao, The Week, 11 July 2023
• This can also lead to smoke coming out of your car's tailpipe.
  — Charles Singh, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2024
• Sitting in a car while idling can be deadly if the tailpipe is blocked.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• 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
• Their only emissions are a few drops of water that come out of the cars’ tailpipes.
  — Rob Nikolewski, latimes.com, 25 Nov. 2017
• If you get stuck, clear your tailpipe before running the engine to stay warm.
  — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
• Exhaust from the tailpipe tells him the engine’s still running.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2024
• Those rules didn’t just govern what came out of a gasoline engine’s tailpipe.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
• And this isn't about religion, so please don't try that banana in the tailpipe trick.
  — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 5 May 2021
• No tailpipes are visible in either case.
  — Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
• Water vapor and heat are the only byproducts at the tailpipe.
  — Anna Fletcher, CNN, 14 Oct. 2019
• But the scores aren’t based on just fuel economy or tailpipe emissions.
  — Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
• Will the Saints fall for the banana in the tailpipe again in 2017?
  — Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 14 Oct. 2017
• But that will take time, as will Trump’s efforts to rollback tailpipe emission rules.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 22 Jan. 2025
• 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
• The technology doesn't emit any pollution from the tailpipe of a bus.
  — Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
• Something as seemingly benign as a car’s tailpipe can be the culprit.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 9 Aug. 2024
• 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
• Below, on the street, the vehicle roared to life, exhaust blasting out the tailpipes.
  — Mike Baker, New York Times, 29 May 2024
• The twin tailpipes appear to be built into the rear end, a common feature on luxury cars.
  — Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2018
• 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
• 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
• With mitigation, the goal is to cut pollution, whether from a smokestack or a tailpipe.
  — Alice Hill, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2025
• 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 rush of wind and thrum of tire roar was punctuated, not by engine revs and tailpipe cackles, but by birdsong.
  — Alistair Charlton, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
• The standard Sport Exhaust tailpipes are finished in black stainless steel.
  — Michael Harley, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
• 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
• But when doing so, don't run your car in a closed garage, and make sure your tailpipe is clear of any snow or ice to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning.
  — USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2018
• And don’t forget the gasoline, garage oil puddles, or tailpipe pollution involved.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2019