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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Instead, through projects like the ENIAC replica, students can leverage traits many of them share, like the abilities to hyperfocus and to precisely repeat tasks.
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
Throughout the film, the conversation (and there’s plenty of it) serves either to nail down plot points and character traits—or, as in a few Jewish riffs, as ornamental as sprinkles, to suggest substance that’s never developed.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
Colossal scientists have also generated stem cells from the roan antelope that can be edited to produce offspring with bluebuck traits.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Antisocial personality includes a persistent pattern of traits such as callousness, lack of concern, deceitfulness, and irresponsibility, Ryan said.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
Throughout the film, the conversation (and there’s plenty of it) serves either to nail down plot points and character traits—or, as in a few Jewish riffs, as ornamental as sprinkles, to suggest substance that’s never developed.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
Colossal scientists have also generated stem cells from the roan antelope that can be edited to produce offspring with bluebuck traits.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Antisocial personality includes a persistent pattern of traits such as callousness, lack of concern, deceitfulness, and irresponsibility, Ryan said.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Trait.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trait. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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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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