trail

[treɪl]

Definition:
1. A track or mark left by something that has passed.
2. A path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country.
3. Evidence pointing to a possible solution.
4. To lag or linger behind.
5. Go after with the intent to catch.

Use 'trail' in a sentence:

1. I could see the trail of destruction I had left in the woods.
2. Scrapes are usually placed in open or conspicuous places, such as along a deer trail.
3. at the end of a hard day on the election trail.
4. I vote that you try to pick out the trail for us.
5. 'I only hope …', she trailed off.
6. The trail had gone cold.
7. It had passed the redskins, who were now on the trail of the other pirates.
8. Taking a walk on the forest trail bring me peace.
9. There was a newspaper on the trail of the story.
10. She was rather cross about having to trail across London.
11. The slivery trail is slime.
12. When Stevenson followed the carbon-14 trail back in time, he found carbon-14 levels change with the intensity of solar burning.
13. Visitors there can see over 100 waterfalls, go boating on Fontana Lake and hike the Appalachian Trail.
14. The police are still on the trail of the escaped prisoner.
15. The police followed the robbers to the airport but then the trail went cold.
16. United were trailing 2 – 0 at half-time.
17. The kids trailed around after us while we shopped for clothes.
18. He could follow a cold trail over hard ground and even over stones.
19. When Stevenson followed the carbon-14 trail back in time, he found carbon-4 levels change with the intensity of solar burning.
20. Criminals are very reluctant to leave a paper trail.
21. The hurricane left a trail of destruction behind it.
22. The police dog scented about till he found the trail.
23. The typhoon has left a trail of death and destruction across much of central Japan.
24. They come to clean the Iditarod Trail.
25. The road gradually narrowed down to a trail.
26. This country is still trailing badly in scientific research.
27. The trail starts just outside the town.
28. A small brown fawn hopped across the trail in front of them.
29. I spent a long afternoon trailing behind him.
30. When you find yourself off a trail, but not in a completely unfamiliar area of land, you have to answer two questions: Which way is downhill, in this particular area?
31. The police were hot on his trail.
32. We were trailing by five points.
33. Up on the Chilkoot trail, Mike, a ranger for Parks Canada, pointed at a large brown heap of dung: "Grizzly scat."
34. She and some tramps found the trail of the hare.
35. I trailed my hand in the water as the boat moved along.
36. Sobel prompted that, so far, this trail of tears may be leading his team to only part of the story.
37. The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.
38. We rode the mountain trails.
39. The Conservatives are trailing Labour in the opinion polls.
40. He was a shrewd lawyer with a talent for uncovering paper trails of fraud.
41. She is interested in remote trail rides.
42. He was following a broad trail through the trees.
43. A jeep trailing a cloud of dust was speeding in my direction.
44. The police trailed Dale for days.
45. The bride's dress trailed behind her.
46. The hounds were following the fox's trail.
47. He was following a trail through the trees.
48. Computer wires were trailing all over the floor.
49. His voice trailed away to nothing.
50. The storm left a trail of destruction in its wake.
51. Sometimes these incidents lead to violence, but mostly saboteurs interfere with the hunt by misleading riders and disturbing the trail of the fox's smell, which the dogs follow.
52. The department is blazing a trail in the field of laser surgery.
53. We can believe the molecular data, the DNA, or we can believe the skeleton trail, but unfortunately, not both.