Examples of trait in a Sentence
This dog breed has a number of desirable traits.
honesty is one of her defining traits
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Her signature ultra-thin, arched eyebrows, a style trait belonging to her renowned ’90s aesthetic, were kept intact, while her lips glowed as if they’d been coated in a thin layer of chapstick.
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 29 July 2025
Along those same lines, calling specific traits of genes good, could also cause people to look at other people who don’t have those genes in a lesser light.
—Sonia Thompson, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Best traits: Freaky physical traits Styles is built differently.
—Dane Brugler, New York Times, 29 July 2025
The most important trait an emergency manager can possess is a clear-eyed, complacency-free view of the threat landscape.
—Kelly McKinney, New York Daily News, 28 July 2025
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 29 July 2025
Along those same lines, calling specific traits of genes good, could also cause people to look at other people who don’t have those genes in a lesser light.
—Sonia Thompson, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Best traits: Freaky physical traits Styles is built differently.
—Dane Brugler, New York Times, 29 July 2025
The most important trait an emergency manager can possess is a clear-eyed, complacency-free view of the threat landscape.
—Kelly McKinney, New York Daily News, 28 July 2025
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“Trait.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trait. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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trait
noun1
: a quality that sets one person or thing off from another : peculiarity sense 2
curiosity is one of her notable traits
2
: an inherited characteristic
dominant and recessive traits
Etymology
from early French trait "the act of pulling," from Latin tractus, past participle of trahere "to pull, drag" — related to trace entry 1, trace entry 3
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