trailing

Example Sentences

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Now in his 18th season, Durant played the second-most total minutes of any player this season, trailing only 23-year-old teammate Amen Thompson.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

That has left an equal weight index of the S&P 500 names trailing the official benchmark by around four percentage points over the same time period.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

The home side were trailing 2-0 after Noah Okafor's first-half double when the Argentine tried to stop the Leeds attacker by holding his hair in an off-the-ball incident, after being caught in the face himself.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Polls show her trailing Graham Platner, the tattooed oysterman endorsed by Bernie Sanders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

About Henry’s birthday party, or about the two instances when Francis’s mother—all red hair and alligator pumps and emeralds—turned up on her way to New York, trailing the Yorkshire terrier and the second husband?

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt