trailing

/ (ˈtreɪlɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. (of a plant) having a long stem which spreads over the ground or hangs loosely: trailing ivy

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How to use trailing in a sentence

  • Truly the flag of Britain was trailing in the mire, or these men would not have dared to address him in that fashion.

    The Red Year | Louis Tracy
  • Let the folds be adorned with leaves and branches fastened to them, while a trailing wreath covers the gay-decked gates.

  • The captain's white gig having been manned, he seated himself in the stern sheets, a large flag trailing in the water behind him.

    Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange Kielland
  • Plenty Buffalo, skilled in trailing, had not hesitated to announce that the tracks were those of Indian ponies.

    Mystery Ranch | Arthur Chapman
  • But he'd been trailing McFann for bootlegging and was pretty sure Jim was riding a horse with a broken shoe.

    Mystery Ranch | Arthur Chapman