trace
noun
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige.
was tracing
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past progressiveof trace.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The captain, Arnaud Montand, was tracing the planned path for the opening ceremony of next summer’s Olympic Games and, over the last segment of its route, the course for Olympic swimmers.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023
A North Korean patrol vessel that was tracing the seized ship briefly crossed the NLL but turned back shortly after the South’s military broadcast warnings and fired a warning shot.
From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2022
What were those harmonies, the chords that the rippling figure was tracing?
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2021
Liquid has said that it was tracing the movement of the stolen cryptocurrencies and working with other exchanges to freeze and recover the assets.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2021
He dropped his gaze to where his thumb was tracing patterns in the woodwork of the table.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
