The phrase "a trail of small" is not complete and lacks context, making it difficult to determine its correctness in written English.
It could be used in contexts where you are describing a series of small items or marks left behind, but it needs additional information to be fully clear.
Example: "As we walked through the forest, we noticed a trail of small stones leading us deeper into the woods."
Alternatives: "a path of tiny" or "a line of little".
Their enmity produces many casualties, including a trail of small dead animals.
GOOOOOAL!" The announcer's voice reaches a hysterical peak and, as it does, the white-chocolate soccer ball drops, strikes, and breaks through the candy netting into the goal beneath it, and, as the ball hits the bottom of a little pit below, a fierce jet of passion-fruit cream and powdered mint leaves is released into your mouth, with a trail of small chocolate pop rocks rising in its wake.
Try as Kefauver might to find a Mr Big to justify his extravagant hearings, he found only a disorganised trail of small-time hoods.
Coursing through all of this is her mission to blaze a trail of sustainability in the small farm community.
On 2 May 1982, known in some circles as "Black Sunday", Exxon canceled its US$5 billion Colony Shale Oil Project near Parachute, Colorado because of low oil-prices and increased expenses, laying off more than 2,000 workers and leaving a trail of home-foreclosures and small-business bankruptcies.
Take the trail of small pension pots that people leave behind them as they change jobs.
In an attempt to relive my backpacking days and catch some rays, I'd decided to follow the trail of small beach resorts that dot the Mexican Pacific coast in the state of Oaxaca.
"Yes, red lava from this trail tonight!" Jubilant at spying this message, which is updated daily by the park rangers, my boyfriend, Brad, and I clutched our flashlights and walking sticks and followed the trail of small yellow reflectors on the black pahoehoe, the smooth, ropy lava that makes up much of the landscape at the end of Chain of Craters Road in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
How did the campaign trail become a trail of tears?
