trail (along) behind/after
idiom
: to walk or move slowly as one follows behind (someone or something)
She marched down the street with her children trailing (along) behind/after (her).
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Two high-school-age girls start to trail behind us, nudging each other and giggling in Spanish.
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Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2025
Monaco and Marseille trail behind as the primary challengers.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Photo : Jeremy Swanson Photography Blooming florals trail behind a firepit on-site.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 14 July 2025
Doyle was fiercely critical of early efforts to keep people off the trail after Helene, insisting that reports of damage were overblown.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 20 June 2025
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Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2025
Monaco and Marseille trail behind as the primary challengers.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Photo : Jeremy Swanson Photography Blooming florals trail behind a firepit on-site.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 14 July 2025
Doyle was fiercely critical of early efforts to keep people off the trail after Helene, insisting that reports of damage were overblown.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 20 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for trail (along) behind/after
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“Trail (along) behind/after.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trail%20%28along%29%20behind%2Fafter. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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