"carrying traces" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe something that has evidence of having been touched or used by someone or something. For example, "The old books were filled with dust, carrying traces of those who had touched them."
"This is a very painful time for us," Minns says, his voice carrying traces of his native Nottingham, England.
But Schadenfreude comes unbidden from beyond the bounds of civil life, carrying traces of ancient urges, undercutting our reasoned poise.
It reportedly wipes down its spacecraft when they return in case they are carrying traces of alien genetic material.
We sent him for a scan and while he was able to train, he was still carrying traces of his injury.
* Locally produced honey, as the kind one might find at an open-air market, has the added benefit of carrying traces of pollen from the area.
The gunman's bicycle, carrying traces of Mercer's DNA, was found abandoned at an industrial estate on the outskirts of Liverpool and was a key part of the evidence during the teenager's trial.
A drone carrying trace amounts of radiation landed on the roof of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office on Wednesday.
Who wrote this language that carried traces of many writers I'd read before but was its own world entirely?
"Cowards Bend the Knee" carries traces of its self-consciously racy peep show past, but the overall vibe is more naughty than nasty.
That picture was transformed in the early nineties by Russell Oliver, an ebullient man now in his sixties whose speech still carries traces of a childhood in South Africa.
That relentless runoff carries traces of a host of chemicals that are found in most fuels and that can harm marine life even in low concentrations.
