How to Use trace in a Sentence

trace

1 of 2 noun

• Picked up traces of blood in his stool.
  — Bruce Headlam, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
• But there was still no trace of his son.
  — Zohreh Saberi, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
• Not a trace of clouds, let alone snow.
  — Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
• Which is said with the trace of an accent.
  — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
• No trace was found of the four men or their aircraft.
  — Ben East, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
• Four teams have been set up to trace and arrest them.
  — Adam England, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
• No one seemed to be able to find any trace of a campsite.
  — Todd Symons, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
• Above this grass, trace half of a bowl to make a rainbow arch.
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
• The trace led to a Hobart pawn shop.
  — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
• Zinc is what is known as a trace mineral.
  — Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 6 Jan. 2026
• But traces of what might kill Napier still shone through.
  — Noah White, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
• Our choice today is laced with traces of cocoa.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 16 Mar. 2026
• Our choice today is laced with traces of cocoa.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 6 Apr. 2026
• The dream has to be pinned down, even though a faint trace of this truth still clings to it.
  — Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
• Here, her glossy bronde is brightened by traces of copper.
  — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 11 Mar. 2026
• Any trace of fat will prevent your meringue from whipping up stiffly.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2026
• The divergence traces to the client mix.
  — Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026
• Today, very few traces of it remain.
  — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
• Maybe Sampson leaves the floor with a trace of a smile on his face.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
• The worst thing is that these payloads of bad stuff leave no trace behind.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2023
• There are traces of that available, but people don’t have a full plate.
  — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
• The gecko ran up the wall, in places leaving small traces of blood and fluid.
  — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
• View gallery - 3 images Even in death, cells leave a trace.
  — New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
• Separate the whites and yolks and make sure the egg white halves have no trace of cooked yolks.
  — Bonnie S. Benwick, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• After a week of searching, rescuers have found no trace of them.
  — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
• The trace amount of peanut butter filling is just short of tasteless.
  — Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
• The aim is not to steal anything, just to break in, leave almost no trace, and snoop around.
  — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
• And most importantly of all, in a place like this, leave no trace.
  — AFAR Media, 15 May 2026
• On land, cadaver dogs sniffed the shore for any trace of Lynette.
  — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
• Some contained trace amounts of the compound but were mostly filler.
  — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 28 May 2026

trace

2 of 2 verb

• She traced the letters of her name.
• We will need to trace the electrical wires through the walls.
• You can put a piece of paper over the pattern and trace it.
• The children traced their hands onto the sidewalk with chalk.
• Blood on the front porch traced back to Guthrie.
  — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026
• Some have been traced back to Mars and the moon.
  — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
• Part of the issue was traced to mold in the home.
  — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 25 June 2026
• Mazzei traces that shift back to her own childhood.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2026
• She was asked to trace more spirals and straight lines.
  — Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
• The growth spurt of the first name Ryan can be traced back to my dad.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023
• The history of such an idea is hard to trace.
  — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
• But the company says the bars can be traced.
  — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
• The origins of this problem can be traced back decades.
  — Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
• The concern traces back to a single study.
  — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026
• The concern traces back to a single study.
  — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
• The approach traces back to the artists who first inspired him.
  — Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
• All of that can be traced back to her playing days in the Bay.
  — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
• Those who wish to trace that radiance to its source now have a map to guide them.
  — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
• Those who wish to trace that radiance to its source now have a map to guide them.
  — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
• Try using a baby shoe as a template to trace and cut out.
  — Amanda Rock, Parents, 16 Mar. 2026
• Gruver traces it as far back as the 1980s.
  — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
• It's tied, in large part, to where the money is held and how cleanly it can be traced.
  — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 3 June 2026
• Plus, all of those cases can be traced directly back to the source.
  — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
• Images from Reuters show some burial sites traced with small stones.
  — Osmary Hernández, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
• The trend, like so many others, can be traced to the pandemic.
  — Amelia Abraham, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2023
• Sloane’s ancestral roots trace back to Ghana.
  — Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
• Oracle’s own filing traces the same fault line.
  — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
• The game’s origins trace back three decades earlier.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
• To make the inner ear shapes, trace your child's pinky finger onto two pieces of white felt.
  — Annabelle Canela, Parents, 14 Mar. 2026
• This all can be traced back to their father, Prince Andrew.
  — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 Sep. 2025