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Example sentences for "trails"

Lexicographically close words:
trailed; trailer; trailers; trailing; trailless; train; trainbands; traine; trained; trainee
  1. In fact we could get through the thick brush and chaparral only on the trails made by bears, and we had to go carefully for fear of running upon a Grizzly at close quarters.

  2. The brook trails its attenuated thread out of the woodland gloom to gild its shallow ripples with sunshine and redden them with the inverted flames of the cardinals that blaze on the sedgy brink.

  3. This only the swaying trails of water-weeds and rustling sedges toy with now; and swift-winged swallows coyly touch.

  4. Lead Soldiers The nursery fire burns brightly, crackling in cheerful little explosions and trails of sparks up the back of the chimney.

  5. Diseases like snakes crawling over the earth, leaving trails of slime.

  6. What would we have done with our fearful trails and distance and heavy freight without the mule?

  7. I mind how after he found himself, he was always making trails in front of the old fireplace in the brownstone front.

  8. And now the last of Geronimo's race was building new trails for a new people.

  9. All about were the trails he and his people had made.

  10. Travel over the rough crooked trails and unbridged streams in the timber, whilst not unhealthful in good weather, was always a slow, tedious experience, rather than a source of pleasure.

  11. It was located on the main trails running east and west and north and south.

  12. This journey was made on horseback, which was the most speedy and comfortable mode of travel, over the rough and winding trails through the timber at that time.

  13. The roads to them were merely winding trails through the timber, that crossed the streams where it was possible to ford them, without any grading of the banks.

  14. So narrow were these trails that two caravans could not pass each other, so there were two trails, like the steamship "lanes" of the Atlantic.

  15. The Mississaga Indians attached great importance to the Rouge and its valley as a link in one of their ancient trails between Huron and Ontario; and they seem to have imparted to the first white men their own notions on the subject.

  16. TRAIL TRIPS Travelers on trails are advised to secure the services of licensed guides for all except the shortest trips.

  17. The horseback rider may find an infinite variety of valley roads, trails, and cross-country courses, and the hiker strike up the mountain trails into the rocky fastnesses.

  18. It is reached from the Bear Lake Road, by the Loch Vale trail, although there are no trails in the gorge.

  19. The peak may be reached by either of two trails which lead to the Boulder Field, the highest point on the climb to which horses may be taken.

  20. Several trails here crossed, although each held its own way and did not merge with the others; as though there were bands of foxes which came from one locality and did not mingle with the others.

  21. On this great Alaskan island nearly every mountain pass had bear trails and fox paths leading down to the valleys along the streams or from one valley over into another.

  22. Trails are sometimes made to connect a line of traps, as when set along the banks of streams for mink, etc.

  23. Trails of various kinds are considered under their respective and appropriate heads in the chapters on animals, all of which will be found useful and effective.

  24. But more mysterious; gone to ruin--trails Of vine through every loop-hole.

  25. Are there other trails that lead to the top--I should say that lead to the mountain where these cliff dwellers lived?

  26. How he knew that in the darkness, Hippy was unable to imagine, but then, Hippy Wingate had not followed mountain trails at any stage of his career, and knew nothing of them.

  27. Reaching the point where other trails radiated out from the main canyon, Ike bade his companion hold the horses.

  28. In the free states included between the Ohio and the Mississippi rivers the number of underground trails was much greater than in the states farther east.

  29. Along the southern margin of the free states began those well-defined trails or channels that have lent themselves to representation upon the large map given herewith.

  30. In the states that formed the middle portion of the crescent, it was natural that multiple and intricate trails should have been developed.

  31. It was known and traveled as a pass by wild animals and the Indians long before its discovery by white men in the gold year of 1858, as is shown by old trails which come together at the head of it.

  32. Along the main ridges and larger branches of the river Indian trails may be traced, but they are not nearly as distinct as one would expect to find them.

  33. He pushed further north than he had been before, taking long trails stubbornly, his muscles grown like iron as he drove them to new tasks.

  34. There are many excellent trails in the Swiftcurrent region.

  35. Trails lead from the village to principal points of interest in the Canadian Park as well as up the west shore to the head of the lake at which are situated the Government ranger station and Goathaunt Camp.

  36. These, with spur trails to Helen and Margaret Lakes, make up the principal trail system.

  37. Self-guiding trails lead to Fish and Johns Lakes, short distances from the hotel.

  38. It is safe to travel any of these trails alone.

  39. Horseback and foot trails penetrate almost all sections of the park.

  40. Unless one is an experienced mountaineer and thoroughly familiar with the park, it is unwise to go far from the regular trails alone.

  41. Short self-guiding trails upon which interesting objects of natural history are fittingly labeled have been established at the following places: 1.

  42. There are nearly 900 miles of trails in this park.

  43. With a competent guide and a complete camping outfit the park visitor may set forth upon the trails to wander at will.

  44. All the trails cross one another in a maze.

  45. There were trails leading to the room with the glass-paneled door marked "Private" which he half feared to pursue.

  46. Out on the desert, where the trails run straight and the battle of life is waged straight against thirst and fatigue and distance, men spoke straight.

  47. With the breaking of spring, when gardens were beginning to sprout, Jack broadened his study to the trails of Westchester, Long Island, and New Jersey, coursed by the big automobile vans of the suburban delivery.

  48. The Eastern Indians nevertheless often made long journeys for purposes of war or trade, and had many well-defined trails which answered as roads.

  49. Already English traders crossed the mountains and with their goods packed on horses followed the trails down the Ohio valley, going from village to village of the Indians and exchanging their wares for furs.

  50. As the Indians always traveled in single file, these trails were narrow paths; they were worn to the depth of a foot or more, and wound in and out among the trees and around great rocks.

  51. There were thousands of such trails scattered over the country.

  52. We spent an entire day ferreting out these many dim trails to where they converged again far out on the plains.

  53. We followed the trail until the middle of the afternoon, when it turned sharply to the southwest, and as we followed it along its size increased by trails coming into it from the east and southeast.

  54. A knowledge of the watering places and of the trails and passes is considered of great importance and is necessary to give standing to a chief.

  55. Arrowheads are scattered about, many of them very beautiful; flint chips are strewn over the ground in great profusion, and the trails are well worn.

  56. The attackers set up around Triri for the night and arranged ambushes along the trails entering the village.

  57. The natives had also cut fresh trails leading to the Giza Giza River at the head of Enogai Inlet.

  58. The trails were narrow and overgrown, but the native scouts proved invaluable in leading the way.

  59. There were no trails through the swamp on the far side of the Giza Giza, and the rain rendered the Tamoko River unfordable, so it took all of the next day for the force to move less than a mile and cross the Tamoko.

  60. The battalion also was to seek out trails circling the perimeter, and any Japanese units operating to the south.

  61. Choking for a drink in a hutless section, I took one of the crooked, tunnel-like trails to the left in the direction of the Chagres.

  62. The Sierras are noted for their deep, narrow valleys, and after about an hour's progress over very rough trails the Motor Rangers found themselves entering one of these gloomy defiles.

  63. Had Nat known what accurate and minute knowledge the colonel possessed of the secret trails and short cuts of that part of the Sierras he might not, however, have been so incredulous of his first theory.

  64. She had heard Mr. Bell tell of the sand storms of the Big Alkali--how sometimes they last for days, blotting out trails and burying those unfortunate enough to be caught in them.

  65. Thence he will follow the Indian trails to the Ozark Mountains, Hunting for furs in the forests, on rivers trapping the beaver.


  66. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "trails" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.