trodden

Example Sentences

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“We’ll likely follow the same path we’ve trodden in the United States, and so it will begin with a commercial footprint.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Seoul has long trodden a fine line between top trading partner China and defence guarantor the United States.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

"It's about meeting people that have done similar things, trodden similar paths, and being able to discuss that, and laugh and joke about things that have been happening," Dr Bennett says.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

This pathway is now so well trodden as to have become a trope: the male feminist who deeply, appallingly wasn’t.

From Slate • Jan. 17, 2025

Basta reared up like a snake when someone has trodden on its tail.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke