trail by

Examples (10)

• They were trailing by 12 points until the last few minutes of the game.
• The home team is currently trailing by five goals with only ten minutes left.
• According to the latest polls, the candidate is trailing his rival by 7 percentage points.
• Our sales figures for Q3 trail last year's performance by a considerable 15%.
• Despite their best efforts, the startup continued to trail established companies by a large market share.
• The runner was trailing the leader by less than a second as they approached the finish line.
• Analysts predict the company will trail its competitors by a significant margin in innovation this year.
• After the first set, the tennis player found herself trailing by a break.
• If the team doesn't improve, they could trail by an insurmountable number of points by season's end.
• Historically, this political party tends to trail the opposition by a few seats in regional elections.