Trailed
[treild]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Trail
Checker: Newman
Examples
- They trailed off to the dealer, the handsome but abject young fellow hanging a little aside. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They all trailed out on to the lawn. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Behind trailed the women, uttering strange cries and weird lamentation. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Her handsome dress had trailed upon the ground. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- His attention evidently trailed off, now and then, even while Bella told him all about it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The rain fell, and the Smoke-serpents, submissive to the curse of all that tribe, trailed themselves upon the earth. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- His wife took the baby in her arms to go with him to the wagon, and the children, still crying, trailed on behind. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- They trailed home by the fish-ponds, and Hermione told them about the quarrel of two male swans, who had striven for the love of the one lady. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Checker: Newman