Sentence examples for held by the tail from inspiring English sources

Mice were held by the tail for 15 seconds and clasping behavior was assessed.

This idea, that history is a horse that can be held by the tail, is a foolish idea.

Quite a few, though, seem to have been pretty seriously annoyed, in addition to being wrestled, trussed up with clothesline and, in the case of two seriously venomous snakes, held by the tail as their dangerous beauty is rhapsodized by Steve Irwin, the irrepressible Australian naturalist and cable-television cult hero.

By doing so, you will not only be opening your mind to new possibilities and finding a key that may just unlock new and exciting revenue opportunities for you and your company, you will be helping to bury the last traces of what had always been an economic tiger we've all held by the tail for too long, terrified at the prospect of ever letting go.

Mice were held by the tail and removed from their cage.

Briefly, the grip strength meter was positioned horizontally and mice were held by the tail and lowered toward the apparatus.

"While we are committed to the return of the refugees, you will not see us holding them by the head and tail and throwing them across the border," said Ali Bunow Korane, who chairs Kenya's Refugee Affairs Commission.

Gary Cobb, a Dean supporter who was a Gore campaign official in 2000, said, "The grass-roots movement that started on the Internet is a tiger we are holding by the tail".

Animals are first held by the base of the tail and suspended 2.5 meters above the floor for 10 seconds in order to determine whether the rat withdraws his affected limb at the shoulder, and/or elbow joint, and/or wrist.

The mice, held by the base of the tail, were allowed to freely grasp a metal bar attached to a strain meter.

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