Example Sentences

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We do have enough stock market-history to know that the companies bulking up their assets probably will trail the market as a group.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

It continues: The International Cocoa Organization recently forecast that global production will trail demand by 374,000 tons this season, which ends in September, after a 74,000-ton shortfall last year.

From New York Times • May 10, 2024

Early in the week, the Bruins will trail at the start of the scrimmage against male practice players.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2023

A son will trail after his mother, grabbing bits of fish and other food, throughout his life, even as his sisters grow up and have calves of their own.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 8, 2023

I will acknowledge contemporary lands; I will trail the whole geography of the globe, and salute courteously every         city large and small; And employments!

From Poems By Walt Whitman by Rossetti, William Michael