The second party of women was gone with no more trace than the first.

She asked the question with a trace of a smile.

It was black now, with not a trace of gold.

The sun was high and, to her back, the air fresh with no trace of wind.

Someone (or something, the boy thought with a trace of fear) was moving out there.

Her eyes flashed with a trace of their old fire.

His voice was deep with no trace of an accent.

His voice had become very serious, with no trace of warmth at all.

Has a red face with no trace of a tan.

Her voice was level, but with a trace of strain, it seemed to me.