trailing

Example Sentences

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Apple is also contending with the AI race and is seen to be trailing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

At halftime, the Huskies went into the locker room trailing the top team in the nation by 15 points.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

We see them appear out of the dark at speed to make the delicate manoeuvre to feed their fuel-hungry jets - locking on to a hose trailing from the tanker wing.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Instead of trailing wolves, ravens remember locations where kills are likely to happen and return to those areas, even from great distances.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

With no further advice or instruction she walks off down a black-and-white striped path, a thin curl of smoke trailing behind her, leaving Bailey alone in the courtyard.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern