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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When looking for leaders to manage a big transition, traits like curiosity, comfort with ambiguity and ability to build coalitions stand out as much as specific technical credentials.
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Kerry Brown, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
When these chickens breed, their offspring could produce eggs and sperm carrying dodo traits.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
Wayans has been in the entertainment industry for 35 years, and around it his entire life; so for humility to be one of his most prominent character traits says a lot about how he was brought up.
—Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
People with these variations are sometimes known as intersex, and have traits that may not align with typical binary definitions of female or male.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
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Kerry Brown, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
When these chickens breed, their offspring could produce eggs and sperm carrying dodo traits.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
Wayans has been in the entertainment industry for 35 years, and around it his entire life; so for humility to be one of his most prominent character traits says a lot about how he was brought up.
—Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
People with these variations are sometimes known as intersex, and have traits that may not align with typical binary definitions of female or male.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Trait.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trait. Accessed 20 Sep. 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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