Example Sentences

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Two days later as I was tracing my steps, I went to the store to see if they had found it.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 4, 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

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

As Green and Torrey traced Pointer’s family forward in time, James Fisher was tracing his family backward, with the help of his genealogically savvy partner, Tanya Gaskins Hardy.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2021

Syme had fallen silent for a moment, and with the handle of his spoon was tracing patterns in the puddle of stew.

From "1984" by George Orwell