Examples of trait in a Sentence
This dog breed has a number of desirable traits.
honesty is one of her defining traits
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Prior to Beetham’s diagnosis of high traits of autism, along with a PTSD score in the 99th percentile, Davis took his actions to heart.
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Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
From the start, Fatah’s defining trait was armed struggle, often with scant heed to whether its victims were civilian or military.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
The book mixes Walton’s story with other anecdotes to create an easy-to-read guide to identifying the common personality and behavioral traits that signal scam artists.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Artist Terry Smith, who introduced the Pro-Visions line and illustrated the insert cards for Fleer through 1992, drew inspiration from players’ nicknames or defining traits to create images that felt like the cover of a comic book.
—Tyler Holzhammer, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
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Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
From the start, Fatah’s defining trait was armed struggle, often with scant heed to whether its victims were civilian or military.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
The book mixes Walton’s story with other anecdotes to create an easy-to-read guide to identifying the common personality and behavioral traits that signal scam artists.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Artist Terry Smith, who introduced the Pro-Visions line and illustrated the insert cards for Fleer through 1992, drew inspiration from players’ nicknames or defining traits to create images that felt like the cover of a comic book.
—Tyler Holzhammer, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Trait.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trait. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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trait
noun1
: a quality that sets one person or thing off from another : peculiarity sense 2
curiosity is one of her notable traits
2
: an inherited characteristic
dominant and recessive traits
Etymology
from early French trait "the act of pulling," from Latin tractus, past participle of trahere "to pull, drag" — related to trace entry 1, trace entry 3
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