Below you will find example sentences with "tracking down". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Tracking Down in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: tracking
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 26.2 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "tracking down" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a sheriff tracking down a murderer, and after tracking down one last, tasked, members and world stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with shut down, knocked down, sat down, tracking systems and rate tracking, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with tracking down
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
This is the first appearance of Hobbs, who is tasked with tracking down the fugitives. (15 words)
So many, in fact, the prospect of tracking down one of the can be a little overwhelming. (17 words)
Tina tasks her daughter with tracking down Anjali and reuniting the friends as lovers, once and for all. (18 words)
On 13 November that year, they joined about 13m viewers who had tuned in to watch The Deadly Assassin: Part Three which saw the Doctor enter the virtual world of the Matrix in the hope of tracking down The Master. (40 words)
It centers on a renegade police officer - the titular Mitchell - who's shown to be willing to stop at nothing to arrest the members of a large drug syndicate who he's been tasked with tracking down and dismantling. (39 words)
Even after suffering a severe brain injury, Batman picks himself back up and gets to the task at hand: discovering the mastermind behind the villains' strange behavior, and tracking down that missing ransom money. (34 words)
The Silencing, starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, revolves around a hunter and a sheriff tracking down a murderer – where was the movie filmed? (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
Tracking down former Stasi informers with the files Even though groups of this sort were active in the community, those who were tracking down ex-members were, as well.
But eventually pulls ahead, and after tracking down one last piece that had gotten kicked to the side, he completes his sweater puzzle and rings his buzzer, thus eliminating Cameron.
Even after suffering a severe brain injury, Batman picks himself back up and gets to the task at hand: discovering the mastermind behind the villains' strange behavior, and tracking down that missing ransom money.
Gary Poile of Collector, who introduced me to the curious world of Annis and George Bills troughs, warned me tracking down the historic relics could be a little obsessive.
Hamm, of course, is cast as the menacing and generally unlikeable FBI agent tasked with tracking down the film’s protagonists.
He took credit for tracking down Shoemate’s identity, never mentioning Dawson or Gervais, according to the investigating officer’s summary of the interview.
It centers on a renegade police officer - the titular Mitchell - who's shown to be willing to stop at nothing to arrest the members of a large drug syndicate who he's been tasked with tracking down and dismantling.
I tried tracking down the “real Paul Rosenberg” through Shady Records, Gotham music management and Def Jam so I could start forwarding the messages to them.
It was 6.8 per cent for the year to February 2023, according to the bureau’s monthly indicator, and tracking down.
On 13 November that year, they joined about 13m viewers who had tuned in to watch The Deadly Assassin: Part Three which saw the Doctor enter the virtual world of the Matrix in the hope of tracking down The Master.
So many, in fact, the prospect of tracking down one of the can be a little overwhelming.
Some of its controls and activities feel wonky compared to the sequels (e.g. tracking down hits in ; the Playa being male only and mute).
Tasked with tracking down a serial killer, a trained naxal, handling a suspended cop, and dismantling a terrorist organisation, Arjun’s journey is intensified by the haunting echoes of his own painful past.
The dramatic rise of cryptocurrency has led to some spouses hiding those digital assets during divorce settlements, and tracking down the funds isn't easy, experts say.
The Silencing, starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, revolves around a hunter and a sheriff tracking down a murderer – where was the movie filmed?
The team’s Twitter account retweeted the NBA’s statement on Nichols, and honestly, I’m beyond tired of tracking down bereavement responses.
This is the first appearance of Hobbs, who is tasked with tracking down the fugitives.
Tina tasks her daughter with tracking down Anjali and reuniting the friends as lovers, once and for all.
Told in reverse chronological order, it's the story of a man with anterograde amnesia tracking down the man who murdered his wife.
Tylee was also responsible for tracking down the kennel that Charles had placed Bailey in when he left Houston so that they could bring him home.