Sentence examples for taper for from inspiring English sources

There was no indoor season and thus no reason to taper for races, no built-in time for rest.

The benefit of the exemption would be removed or reduced altogether through a taper for estates worth more than £2m, meaning some estates would be paying substantially more.

By that stage I was a miles junkie, desperately trying to convince myself to stray from my taper for one last hit.

Another persistent criticism of Mr. Davidson is that his empire building has taken a toll: he has run the Taper for nearly 35 years and the Ahmanson for 12.

"I've been training real well all year, and when I shave and taper for one swim, when it comes down to one race in the Olympic trials, I'm confident I'll be there.

He became a taper for a while, but later moved on to other music (he likes Pearl Jam, Wilco, David Bowie, and Blur) and an academic career as a film archivist.

I really tapered for this.

He also built up to four consecutive long runs before tapering for the race.

That said, Ben Bernanke, the outgoing chairman, did raise the possibility of skipping tapering for a few meetings should the economy weaken.

I learnt about my jammy wines and how to choose the right wine glasses (it's all in the glasses, folks - must be crystal, big for red so the wine can breathe, smaller and tapered for white).

Cire Trudon, the cult candle maker that once dipped tapers for Marie Antoinette, has transformed the corner of Bond Street and the Bowery into a tiny version of Versailles's Galerie des Glaces.