How to Use trail (along) behind/after in a Sentence

trail (along) behind/after

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  • Re had a two-run homer in the first, as the Aztecs didn't trail after that.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The dogs each carried 40-pound packs, and the load kept them right on trail behind us.
    — Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 15 Aug. 2024
  • As the comets move around the sun, their ice melts and the particles trail behind them in the orbit.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022
  • And there are nearly 700 miles of trail behind us, all the way up to Maine.
    — Benje Williams, Longreads, 15 Mar. 2022
  • To complete the gown, the actor wore a long scarf around her neck, letting the tails trail behind her back like a train.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2024
  • For the first time in the history of the league, all four higher seeds trail after Game 1.
    — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 7 May 2025
  • Musicians and stilt walkers dressed as skeletons trail behind.
    — Time, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Some experts said medical risks due to heat often trail behind the rise in temperatures — but spike as the days of risk add up.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 6 July 2024
  • The water vapor and cirrus clouds that planes trail behind them look picturesque, but their warming impact is three times that of carbon.
    — Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 28 Dec. 2022
  • When Pumpkin moved away, however, Cheesecake couldn’t help but trail behind.
    — Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
  • But the Cardinal defense was stifling, and Stanford did not trail after the game’s first minute.
    — oregonlive, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Like with booster rates among those who aren’t pregnant, Black and Hispanic people trail behind.
    — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Security camera footage shows a cat headed out of the factory on the night before and leaving the trail behind.
    — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Anyone who was in the area on the serpentine trail behind the visitor center on the afternoon of Sun.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2023
  • His dogs trail after him, diving headfirst into the field before reappearing on the other side, having lost the scent of a rabbit.
    — Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Wozniacki is on the comeback trail after having two children and has long been a crowd favorite in New York.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The Marders meanwhile would trail behind the tanks, dropping off infantry squads to suppress Russian infantry.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 15 July 2023
  • When frozen, comets are the size of a small town, but as their orbit nears the sun, the comet heats up and begins shedding material, leaving a glowing trail behind.
    — Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2024
  • In recent weeks, Fetterman has reemerged on the campaign trail after taking much of the summer off due to his recovery from the stroke.
    — Fox News, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Biden took to the campaign trail after the debate, holding rallies, sitting for interviews and making campaign stops.
    — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • Or is the strategy to, on the contrary, open it up as widely as possible, so that progress is as fast as possible, so that the bad guys always trail behind?
    — TIME, 13 Feb. 2024
  • That launched a 55-year experiment in utopian ideals — and the harsh realities that sometimes trail after them.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
  • But if the largest African countries continue to trail behind the Asian giants, global inequality will rise.
    — Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2020
  • At the end of the wedding reception the brothers left, then returned via a trail behind the home, armed with baseball bats, without the victim and his family knowing.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The incumbent has rallied support on the campaign trail behind the idea that she was being prosecuted for disrupting the status quo.
    — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 19 July 2022
  • Lorenzo Luckey, 39, who lives nearby below a bike trail behind a row of two-story homes, had not heard of the city’s new ban until Tuesday.
    — Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Bergen’s favorite set of Little Guys is one created for Season 3, where the faces float across the screen in a wavy motion, leaving a smear trail behind them.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Adam Roy at Backpacker reports that on April 8, a group of English hikers got sick on the trail after taking ’shrooms and had to be rescued.
    — Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Another option is to take the trail behind the visitor center, which scrambles up a limestone hill known as Overlook Ridge with lovely views of the fort and valleys below.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Ramaswamy was also a vocal Trump supporter on the campaign trail after dropping his own bid for the White House to endorse the former president.
    — Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024

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