Sentence examples for is tapered from inspiring English sources
verb
To make thinner or narrower at one end.
The tail is tapered and may be either straight or kinked near the tip.
The body is tapered at both ends, with the tail end the blunter of the two.
And finally, the grip is tapered, to cater to the two-hand backhands that I (along with most women) hit.
— Eddy Curry's torso is tapered, but his broad shoulders still bulge and twitch with the muscle memory of old burdens.
At the top end of the income scale, anyone earning over £120,000 will not benefit at all, as the allowance is tapered away.
The timber-construction chapel is tapered to the extreme shape of the site, which is high on a nearly vertical meadow.
The £10 is tapered down if one of the parents is a higher rate taxpayer - and it will disappear altogether if the main breadwinner earns more than £42,000.
Already the supply is tapering off.
But even engagement growth is tapering off.
One end was tapered, the other rounded.
