How to Use track in a Sentence

track

1 of 2 noun
Definition of tracknext
Synonyms for tracknext
  • Follow the track into the forest.
  • We were warned about walking beside the railroad tracks.
  • That would put the council on track for a vote as soon as Sept. 19.
    — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The film taught him a lesson in risk-taking — but off the track.
    — Julie Jordan, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The stock was recently up about 10%, on track for its best day of the year.
    — Angel Au-Yeung, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The group was on track to be instrumental to the GOP in the 2024 election.
    — David Gilbert, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The new version of the track serves as a revision of sorts to the original.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 26 May 2023
  • The same track also debuted at No. 2 on the Hot 100 chart.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The restaurant appears to be on track to debut this spring.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 19 Feb. 2024
  • And for Luis, Julio is a whiny pain in the ass who just might pester him into getting his life back on track.
    — Time, 28 July 2023
  • The track of the moon's shadow across Earth's surface is called the path of totality.
    — Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The case is a tragic end, Trotter says, to a life that the young mother was trying so hard to get on track.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Sure enough, the car that now pulled off the track was the first comprehensive redesign of the car that has come to embody the heart and soul of Porsche.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 28 July 2023
  • On the track, the former One Direction singer joins the trio on vocals in Urdu.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Lil Wayne joined them on stage for the track at the elder-emo nostalgia fest in Vegas.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
  • No wonder getting your sleep back on track can be tricky.
    — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The duo culled tracks from its debut album, Good Lies, which arrived in May.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 21 Nov. 2023
  • What might help consumers stay on track and the U.S. avoid recession?
    — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In recent weeks, a number of television shows have worked to get back on track.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Intuit Dome is on track to open three years almost to the month that Ballmer and Co. broke ground on the construction project.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Feb. 2024
  • In some cases, Fairfax found, beaver wetlands even stopped blazes in their tracks.
    — Ben Goldfarb, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Here are some reactions to what some are calling the biggest day in the history of high school track.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Still other trees show rabbits, turkey tracks, hearts, and more.
    — Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Flores, the next batter, sent what appeared to be a go-ahead hit to left, but Jarren Duran hauled it in at the warning track.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
  • Several tracks from You Are the Quarry appear on our list of the 50 best Morrissey songs, which can be found here.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The nation appears to be on track to avoid an economic calamity.
    — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
  • European states are on track to contribute $380 billion this year, and Germany will meet its 2% pledge for the first time since the Cold War.
    — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The storm track should help push water into the bay, causing a surge of water to push high tides as much as two feet higher than normal.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Worldwide, Eras has made nearly $179 million and is on track to be the highest-grossing concert movie of all time.
    — WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Unfortunately, that didn't translate to quick numbers at the track, where the Quest was slowest to 60 mph.
    — Mike Austin, Car and Driver, 15 Apr. 2023
Advertisement

track

2 of 2 verb
  • He tracked the deer for a mile.
  • The study tracked the patients over the course of five years.
  • The ship can track incoming missiles with radar.
  • The detectives tracked the killer to Arizona.
  • The squadron will track north by northeast for 40 miles.
  • Meteorologists are tracking the storm.
  • The process can grow even thornier once all the heirs have been tracked down.
    — Amelia Winger, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Detective Seaberg tracked down the girl and talked to her.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 1 June 2023
  • AirTags are small discs that can be tracked via your iPhone or iPad.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The researchers tracked 1,246 workers for about eight years.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 16 May 2023
  • Meanwhile, the 118 is on land and trying to track the couple down.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Police tracked the man to his Brunswick home and spoke to him from his porch.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
  • His research tracked a group of 474 babies from birth to about age 7.
    — Bill Strickland, Parents, 9 Aug. 2023
  • But by Brian Whitacre, who is now the head Mountain Pointe boys track coach.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The killings were the eighth and ninth homicides in Kansas City this year, according to data tracked by The Star.
    — Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The doll, which has amber eyes and brown hair styled in two ponytails, comes dressed in a glittery pink tank top and track pants.
    — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 15 Oct. 2023
  • He had been tracked to and arrested at the Topanga Mall, Gutierrez said.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • This year there have been more searches since Google started tracking it in the early 2000s.
    — Harry Enten, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Cash users will not benefit from fare capping as there is no way to track the purchase.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2023
  • Cameras are used to capture images of license plates pinged for a felony, which police use to track down the driver.
    — The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The company will be tracking our badge swipes, which is a complete culture change.
    — Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Nor is there a global system for tracking such threats, experts said.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Follow resting heart rate trends, and track your calorie burn with 24/7 heart rate tracking.
    — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Shadow helped track drugs, according to a Facebook post from the sheriff’s office in April.
    — Makiya Seminera, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2024
  • In 2023, investigators were able to track down the woman’s siblings and got a DNA sample from one of them, deputies said.
    — Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
  • That this story — along with many others — doesn’t track isn’t clear until later.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The cost to fill your gas tank today is down, on average, according to AAA, which tracks gasoline prices around Ohio and across the country.
    — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Because Paulina was afraid Bobby and his family might try to track her down.
    — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
  • Customers can track their package in the Uber app and the courier will send a visual confirmation or photo of the receipt once it’s dropped off.
    — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Seli said there is still a lot of work to do to reduce the rate of maternal deaths in the United States and to better track the number of maternal deaths that occur.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'track.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: