Example Sentences

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To produce that, the text-book of their childhood was the poetry of Homer, and not of—But I am treading on dangerous ground.

From Sanitary and Social Lectures, etc by Kingsley, Charles

I am treading the rabble here on the head," roared Beresynth, totally bewildered; "they are disporting themselves in twining about me like serpents, and are laughing me to scorn.

From The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck by Tieck, Ludwig

I am treading the path of virtue, mignonne, and uncommon lonely I'm finding it.

From Charles Rex by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

But I think I am treading in some mud.

From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes

And now for Arbaces—I am treading a quicksand, but it ought to cover a mine.

From Last Days of Pompeii by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron