How to Use without a trace in a Sentence

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  • The 23-year-old then claimed the object vanished without a trace.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Even without a trace of makeup, Vo's skin is as smooth and shiny as, well, a dumpling.
    Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The whole affair seemed destined to melt without a trace.
    Jesse Barron, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Then, one night in 1988, the whole bust disappeared without a trace.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
  • Other must-reads A wife vanished without a trace 10 months ago.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • On sale in a stick-and-bottle set, the SPF 40 melts into all skin tones without a trace and also works as a makeup primer.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 9 July 2024
  • To the outside world, the Frank family appeared to have vanished without a trace.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2023
  • Stranded in the cold, all 129 men aboard perished, and the wooden ships disappeared without a trace.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Eleven years ago, her fiancé Josh (Ashley Walters), the love of her life, vanished without a trace.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Jan. 2025
  • For more than 30 years, the loot remained missing, having vanished without a trace.
    Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The weightless gel, which sinks into all skin tones without a trace, also has a summery, sea-salt fragrance.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Most of those were unscripted, and the vast majority of them vanished without a trace.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2023
  • And most important: How could a boatload of Haitians disappear without a trace?
    CBS News, 13 June 2022
  • The remains of an ice surfer who vanished without a trace more than two years ago have been found, Missouri authorities say.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2025
  • On June 27 of that year, 5-year-old Devan Duniver disappeared from her apartment without a trace.
    Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE.com, 6 May 2022
  • Her father, Lord Spenser, was accused of their murder and disappeared without a trace.
    Bailey Seybolt, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The navy hoped the corpses would disappear without a trace, but in at least 65 cases bodies washed onto beaches in Argentina and Uruguay.
    Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
  • But Ohtani playfully consoles him, without a trace of frustration on his face.
    Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • His most recent murder charge was for the disappearance and death of Isabel Celis, who disappeared from her room without a trace in 2012.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024
  • There were so many incredibly popular artists in the past who have disappeared without a trace beneath the waves.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 18 May 2024
  • A day later, Roque, a U.S. citizen, had disappeared without a trace.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Amid the never-ending night, eight men who operate a research station in a remote town vanish without a trace.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Now, with digital files, they can be shared without a trace, if done smartly, explains 35-year-old Felix Sandalov, who now lives in exile in Berlin.
    Michele Kelemen, NPR, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The camp’s tents can be dismantled and removed without a trace, making your stay there a net-zero experience.
    Jordan Riefe, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Thanks to its mostly oil-phase composition, the cream feels luxurious going on but melts in without a trace.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 5 May 2025
  • The other vanished without a trace, leaving her husband a murder suspect.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The girls' father, an Irish bartender whom Gilda met soon after her arrival on Nantucket, headed back to Ireland without a trace when the girls were young.
    Heller McAlpin, NPR, 22 May 2024
  • A number of women who worked for Ball disappeared without a trace, according to reports.
    Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Some have vanished without a trace, others have been brutally murdered, and in certain cases, ransom has been paid.
    Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
  • When black cat Magic vanished without a trace in 2015, his family were heartbroken.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025

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