without a trace
idiom
: without leaving any signs to show where one went
He disappeared/vanished without a trace.
Examples of without a trace in a Sentence
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Price's arrest came after four additional suspects were previously arrested in connection to the deaths of Butler and Kelley, who disappeared without a trace on March 30.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 24 Apr. 2024
But in late January 2023, Chavez-Montoya went from living this life of predictability to simply vanishing without a trace.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
People like Dau, his brother figured — charismatic, fun-loving jokesters — don’t just disappear without a trace, not in neighborhoods like his in Jackson, where surveillance cameras are everywhere, like seeds on a strawberry.
—Trymaine Lee, NBC News, 19 Apr. 2024
His most recent murder charge was for the disappearance and death of Isabel Celis, who disappeared from her room without a trace in 2012.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024
Sugar’s latest client is veteran film producer Jonathan Siegel (James Cromwell), whose granddaughter Olivia (Sydney Chandler) has disappeared without a trace.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
But Ohtani playfully consoles him, without a trace of frustration on his face.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Amid the never-ending night, eight men who operate a research station in a remote town vanish without a trace.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
Stranded in the cold, all 129 men aboard perished, and the wooden ships disappeared without a trace.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 24 Apr. 2024
But in late January 2023, Chavez-Montoya went from living this life of predictability to simply vanishing without a trace.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
People like Dau, his brother figured — charismatic, fun-loving jokesters — don’t just disappear without a trace, not in neighborhoods like his in Jackson, where surveillance cameras are everywhere, like seeds on a strawberry.
—Trymaine Lee, NBC News, 19 Apr. 2024
His most recent murder charge was for the disappearance and death of Isabel Celis, who disappeared from her room without a trace in 2012.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024
Sugar’s latest client is veteran film producer Jonathan Siegel (James Cromwell), whose granddaughter Olivia (Sydney Chandler) has disappeared without a trace.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
But Ohtani playfully consoles him, without a trace of frustration on his face.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Amid the never-ending night, eight men who operate a research station in a remote town vanish without a trace.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
Stranded in the cold, all 129 men aboard perished, and the wooden ships disappeared without a trace.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
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