Examples of “tracing” in a Sentence

noun A copy of a drawing made by following its outlines through transparent paper.

• The artist placed thin paper over the picture and made a careful tracing.
• Our teacher gave us a tracing of the leaf so we could color it in.
• She made a tracing of the map to use for her presentation.

noun A recorded line or pattern produced by an instrument, such as a heart monitor.

• The tracing on the screen showed the patient's heartbeat was steady and strong.
• A seismograph produces a tracing that shows how much the ground has shaken.
• The doctor studied the ECG tracing for any irregular heartbeats.