without a trace
idiom
: without leaving any signs to show where one went
He disappeared/vanished without a trace.
Examples of without a trace in a Sentence
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Galena mysteriously went missing on April 10, but her owners couldn't figure out how the indoor cat could disappear without a trace, Carrie Clark told NBC affiliate KSL.
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Doha Madani, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2024
Price's arrest came after four additional suspects were previously arrested in connection to the deaths of Butler and Kelley, who disappeared without a trace on March 30.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 24 Apr. 2024
But in late January 2023, Chavez-Montoya went from living this life of predictability to simply vanishing without a trace.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
People like Dau, his brother figured — charismatic, fun-loving jokesters — don’t just disappear without a trace, not in neighborhoods like his in Jackson, where surveillance cameras are everywhere, like seeds on a strawberry.
—Trymaine Lee, NBC News, 19 Apr. 2024
His most recent murder charge was for the disappearance and death of Isabel Celis, who disappeared from her room without a trace in 2012.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024
Sugar’s latest client is veteran film producer Jonathan Siegel (James Cromwell), whose granddaughter Olivia (Sydney Chandler) has disappeared without a trace.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
But Ohtani playfully consoles him, without a trace of frustration on his face.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Amid the never-ending night, eight men who operate a research station in a remote town vanish without a trace.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
Doha Madani, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2024
Price's arrest came after four additional suspects were previously arrested in connection to the deaths of Butler and Kelley, who disappeared without a trace on March 30.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 24 Apr. 2024
But in late January 2023, Chavez-Montoya went from living this life of predictability to simply vanishing without a trace.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
People like Dau, his brother figured — charismatic, fun-loving jokesters — don’t just disappear without a trace, not in neighborhoods like his in Jackson, where surveillance cameras are everywhere, like seeds on a strawberry.
—Trymaine Lee, NBC News, 19 Apr. 2024
His most recent murder charge was for the disappearance and death of Isabel Celis, who disappeared from her room without a trace in 2012.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024
Sugar’s latest client is veteran film producer Jonathan Siegel (James Cromwell), whose granddaughter Olivia (Sydney Chandler) has disappeared without a trace.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
But Ohtani playfully consoles him, without a trace of frustration on his face.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Amid the never-ending night, eight men who operate a research station in a remote town vanish without a trace.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
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