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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Both species revealed unique anatomical traits suited to life along waterways, highlighting the ecological variety within this enigmatic family of predators.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025
My passion for gardening has become my main personality trait since becoming a homeowner five years ago.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Nov. 2025
According to his son, Rogers instinctively touched a scar on his neck whenever a plane passed over, and Shepard, who took on many of his father’s traits, somehow inherited that terror of planes, too.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2025
In fact, my own research has shown that adopting some traits of the strong Black woman trope decreases Black women’s chances of reporting suicidal ideation.
—Jeannette Wade, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025
My passion for gardening has become my main personality trait since becoming a homeowner five years ago.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Nov. 2025
According to his son, Rogers instinctively touched a scar on his neck whenever a plane passed over, and Shepard, who took on many of his father’s traits, somehow inherited that terror of planes, too.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2025
In fact, my own research has shown that adopting some traits of the strong Black woman trope decreases Black women’s chances of reporting suicidal ideation.
—Jeannette Wade, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
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“Trait.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trait. Accessed 1 Dec. 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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