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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of trail.

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Examples

  • But the name trailed me for quite a long time and I was not amused anymore.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • But the name trailed me for quite a long time and I was not amused anymore.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • But the name trailed me for quite a long time and I was not amused anymore.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • I sailed with you for a couple months, but you were too wild and dan…ger… The word trailed off warily as Mort tried to step back, but he wasn’t quick enough.

    Captive of My Desires Johanna Lindsey 2006

  • To the sound of the exhausted police beating down the period-feature, iron-braced doors (wires trailed from the smashed entryphone), Maxinalon smiled a smile that was all percentages.

    Ballardian » Ballardian/Savoy Microfiction competition winners 2010

  • Quentin trailed after them, feeling and looking like a sulky child.

    Excerpt: The Magicians by Lev Grossman 2009

  • The latest Fox 5/The Washington Times/Rasmussen Reports poll asked Americans which mother has "had the most positive influence on America," and Mrs. McCain trailed the pack, with just 4 percent — well below Mrs. Obama, Mrs. Clinton and top-choice first lady Laura Bush.

    POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 2008

  • The design was made freehand with slip trailed from a jacquard bottle, like the others.

    Kater’s Art » Blog Archive » Nopal Tile 2008

  • "Mutiny --" The word trailed off as he collapsed into his chair, and fell heavily forward to the deck on his face.

    Destiny Narrowly Avoided 2010

  • The design was made freehand with slip trailed from a jacquard bottle, like the others.

    Kater’s Art » 2008 » October 2008

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