Wondering how to use Trailing in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as tracking or pursuit.
Trailing in a sentence
Related words
Trailing meaning
- That converge in the direction of travel.
- That follows behind; especially, that is attached and pulled behind.
Using Trailing
- The main meaning on this page is: That converge in the direction of travel. | That follows behind; especially, that is attached and pulled behind.
- Useful related words include: tracking, pursuit, chase, pursual.
- In the example corpus, trailing often appears in combinations such as: the trailing, trailing by, trailing the.
Context around Trailing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 11 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Trailing
- In this selection, "trailing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, biden, harris, warren, edge, zeroes and clock stand out and add context to how "trailing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include on the trailing clock edge and a trailing edge tone. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "trailing" sits close to words such as carol, denying and enrolled, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with trailing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All are calculated on trailing 12 months. (7 words)
Also, the market price BHP at a trailing multiple of 5.51. (12 words)
A trailing edge tone occurs when an exterior flow passes over a trailing edge. (14 words)
After trailing 21-6 at halftime and a rollercoaster back-and-forth battle in the second half, the Wolverines needed one more to successful possession to sustain life at a chance to compete in the College Football Playoff national championship game. (41 words)
In clock language, a "one" transitions to or remains at a biased level on the trailing clock edge of the previous bit, while "zero" transitions to or remains at no bias on the trailing clock edge of the previous bit. (40 words)
After trailing 14-0, the Chiefs scored three straight touchdowns to take the lead and put the game out of reach on Patrick Mahomes’ 39-yard touchdown pass to Rashee Rice early in the fourth quarter. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Kornacki reviewed a CNN that showed Biden trailing Trump by six points, but had Vice President Kamala Harris trailing the former president by only two points.
Other candidates perform less favourably in a one-on-one against Mr Trump, with Ms Warren trailing the president by 0.2 per cent on average and Mr Buttigieg trailing by 1.2 per cent.
A reading of 8,000 m, with trailing zeroes and no decimal point, is ambiguous; the trailing zeroes may or may not be intended as significant figures.
A trailing edge tone occurs when an exterior flow passes over a trailing edge.
Delta C achieved its higher performance by only using leading to leading or trailing to trailing edges which was unaffected by uniform ink spread.
In clock language, a "one" transitions to or remains at a biased level on the trailing clock edge of the previous bit, while "zero" transitions to or remains at no bias on the trailing clock edge of the previous bit.
There is a substantial asymmetry between leading and trailing hemispheres : the leading hemisphere is 1.3 times brighter than the trailing one.
The trailing side of the combustion chamber naturally produces a "squeeze stream" that prevents the flame from reaching the chamber trailing edge.
Abhishek (18') scored a field goal for India but it was followed by another goal from Tom Boon (26') as India were left trailing 1-5.
After losing the closely fought opening game, Prannoy took the second game and was trailing 2-7 in the decider before scripting a comeback to clinch the match in one hour and 15 minutes.
After the 13th round of counting, Azharuddin is trailing behind sitting MLA Maganti Gopinath by 5,221 votes after 10th round of counting in Jubilee Hills.
After trailing 14-0, the Chiefs scored three straight touchdowns to take the lead and put the game out of reach on Patrick Mahomes’ 39-yard touchdown pass to Rashee Rice early in the fourth quarter.
After trailing 15-2 with 14:34 left in the first half, TCU fought back to make the game respectable led by redshirt junior guard Shahada Wells.
After trailing 21-6 at halftime and a rollercoaster back-and-forth battle in the second half, the Wolverines needed one more to successful possession to sustain life at a chance to compete in the College Football Playoff national championship game.
After trailing early Maitland bounced back in the third quarter to lead 75 to 67 heading into the final period.
All are calculated on trailing 12 months.
Also, the market price BHP at a trailing multiple of 5.51.
Amnesty International data shows Saudi Arabia trailing only China and Iran in the number of executions in 2022.
Among those from California trailing Williams were Trabuco Hills’ Holly Barker (12), Santa Rosa Montgomery’s Hanne Thompson (24) and Ventura’s Sadie Engelhardt (26)—all state meet standouts.
And in the trailing month, they gave up nearly 9% of its equity value.
Common combinations with trailing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the trailing 28×
- trailing by 21×
- trailing the 15×
- after trailing 10×
- trailing in 9×
- trailing behind 9×
- trailing -month 9×
- trailing only 8×
- and trailing 7×
- is trailing 7×