How to Use trace in a Sentence

trace

1 of 2 noun
  • Above this grass, trace half of a bowl to make a rainbow arch.
    Nicole Harris, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • The worst thing is that these payloads of bad stuff leave no trace behind.
    Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2023
  • And the trace that the thread leaves behind has the symmetry of a modular shape.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2024
  • His face bore not the solemn trace of history but the mark of the national rot to come.
    Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • But since then, there has been no trace of the teen who loved to spend time with her brothers and watch scary movies.
    Greg Hanlon, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Eeeek! Don't freak out — there are a couple of ways to remove any trace of your beat.
    Seventeen, 20 Apr. 2023
  • If both large and small traces exist, Sunday’s trace seemed a small one.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2024
  • There was no trace of the apple juice stains on the mattress pad after it was spot cleaned in our lab.
    Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Keep in mind, due to the production process, some may have trace amounts of alcohol.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Meanwhile, east of the metro, only a trace to a tenth of an inch is likely, the weather service said.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2024
  • After a week of searching, rescuers have found no trace of them.
    Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Still, Fields didn’t leave many traces: no diaries or letters.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Cook until the juices of the thigh run clear with no trace of pink when pierced, about 20 minutes, or more for a larger chicken.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Our homes and apartments, even our campfires, leave traces in the ground that someone, someday, will be able to find.
    WIRED, 28 Sep. 2023
  • There is not a single trace, not an errant shot anywhere in the film, that bears the director's stamp.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Once the herd moves on, Wilderness packs up and makes for the next location, leaving no trace behind.
    Jackie Caradonio, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2023
  • While some of the professor's effects were found, there was no trace of Rantakari, Bello said.
    Christina Coulter, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2023
  • In the years since, Bryant said, no physical or digital trace of her has turned up.
    Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Biden retains the traces of a childhood stutter and has long been prone to gaffes or verbal stumbles.
    Cameron Joseph, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
  • Years later, some of the money turned up half-buried in the wilderness—but no trace of Cooper has ever been found.
    Edward Kosner, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023
  • In Washington, measurable rain fell on six of July’s nine days, with traces on the rest.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
  • However, there is no trace of Charles on her account and the same can be said for his Instagram.
    Haley Van Horn, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024
  • This was followed by Chagrin Falls (0.5), with trace amounts elsewhere.
    Zachary Smith, cleveland, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The initial radar survey intended to locate any traces of the WWII battles that had taken place in the area.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Archaeologists think they were once covered in gold, based on traces still present on the items.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Only a tiny speck of blood was found on the backside of Perrault's pants, and a trace amount of gun powder residue was found on his left hand when tested.
    Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2023
  • And a feature called Track Cleaner wipes away tracks and traces of your computer and internet use, to foil snoops.
    PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
  • These ideas bore traces of the Wachowskis’ diverse interests.
    Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2024
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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.
  • The growth spurt of the first name Ryan can be traced back to my dad.
    Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The friends’ connection traces back to their teenage years.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The trend, like so many others, can be traced to the pandemic.
    Amelia Abraham, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Finally, and here’s the thing, trace an arc through all of them and all of it — all the way back to Janet Jackson.
    Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The license plate was traced, but the fire department did not report the results.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2024
  • At the same time, the White House has been working to trace a flurry of new infections of close Trump aides and allies.
    Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The Cascos tried to trace their steps by memory, to recall where the bedrooms once stood and where the bathrooms were.
    Anumita Kaur, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Kouri is part of the Red Lake tribe in the Minneapolis area and traces her family roots to the Ojibwe.
    oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2023
  • In just a few hours, fire tore through the town center, which traces its roots back to the 1700s and was on the National Register of Historic Places.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
  • But the fact that the money cannot be publicly traced highlights the difficulty of putting such assertions to the test.
    Brian Slodysko, ajc, 4 Apr. 2023
  • However, the source of Marvel’s current troubles can be traced back to 2020.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Mark, whose love for performing can be traced back to a high school after-school program, took the stage at Coachella in 2022.
    Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
  • This tradition can be traced back to Southern Italy, where it is known simply as la vigilia (the eve).
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Like many lovers of the dish, Daniel Joseph can trace his allegiance back to childhood memories of dining out.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023
  • However, its origins can be traced back to the early 1970s when the shoe started to gain traction in the emerging hip-hop scene in New York City.
    Quincy Green, Billboard, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The ups and downs of low-income housing Low-income public housing can trace its roots to the Great Depression.
    Ashima Krishna, The Conversation, 7 July 2020
  • Check your altimeter and trace the elevation lines on the map.
    Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The book traced the links between race, class, and environmental health.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Historians trace their founding all the way back to 1823, long before Texas became a state.
    Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The revered restaurant, with roots tracing back more than two centuries, was once a hangout for Buffalo Bill.
    David Enrich, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Daihatsu’s history can be traced back to the early 1900s.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The Panthers' heartbreak could be traced to a disappointing final quarter, when they were outscored 6-0 by the Raiders.
    Indy Star Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Aug. 2023
  • To make meaning out of music, the brain has to make connections that Sulzer still can’t trace in his lab at Columbia.
    Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Lots of those people could be traced back to a residential address with a great deal of confidence.
    Byron Tau, WIRED, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Ciarán’s origins can be traced to a strong cold front that just swept across the eastern United States and to a zone of low pressure forming along it east of New England.
    Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
  • More than 200 paintings, sculptures and drawings — with the odd photograph thrown in, and a plan to rotate some artworks — trace the flow of ideas from early modernism to the postwar era.
    Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024

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