1.   A black horizontal bar bears the trace of wavy brush strokes like breeze ruffling water.

2.   Agents hoped the shrapnel could help identify a component or even bear traces of the DNA of the bomb-maker.

3.   He has a particular affinity for stones that have been chipped, battered, scarred, stones that bear traces of use, age, physicality.

4.   Her tiny little nails still bear traces of bright red nail polish.

5.   His shoes bear traces of plaster dust, but his jacket is pristine, a sure sign of a man who has learned not to brush against the merchandise.

6.   Her chivalrous boyfriend, whose voice and easy manner bear traces of his Southern roots, grows agitated when his firecracker-lobbing damsel is attacked.

7.   It still bears traces of blue paint.

8.   Many of them, scientists have now discovered, still bear traces of insect nests the trees once harbored.

9.   Nor did it bear a trace of the jet lag she had been suffering after a trip to Hong Kong.

10.   The paraphernalia of pagan magic also abounds, bearing the traces of more ancient authorities appealed to in the formation of a people.