trampling

Example Sentences

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In “Weren’t for the Wind,” her second top 40 hit, she’s addicted to leaving, trampling promises underfoot in her haste to hit the road.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The main house featured an elaborate sculpture of a stallion trampling a dragon in the roundabout out front.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

"They are eating different types of grasses and trampling areas that are important for wildlife," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

"I imagined tearing off my veil, trampling it, ripping it, burning it," she writes -- which she did at the World Championship in Moscow in December 2019.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Slowly, trampling the fallen, he rode forth, heeding no longer any dart.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien