"Ah, the trailing group has arrived." "Oh no. They caught up with us while we were resting."
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Trailing
//ˈtɹeɪ.lɪŋ//
Synonyms for "trailing" (48 found)
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German
3 entries- anhängend adj (converging in the direction of travel)
- nachschleppend adj (converging in the direction of travel)
- nachziehend adj (converging in the direction of travel)
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But soon their skins turned cold, for there came a sound of galloping across the moor, and the black mare, dabbled with white froth, went past with trailing bridle and empty saddle.
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A long black shadow was trailing down the corridor. It was thrown by a man who walked softly down the passage with a candle held in his hand.
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Scarce spake the sire when lo, to leftward crashed / a peal of thunder, and amid the night / a sky-dropt star athwart the darkness flashed, / trailing its torchfire with a stream of light.
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