trample
verb (used without object)
to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.
are trampling
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present progressiveof trample.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Look at how the food is lying on the ground. Look! People and cars are trampling it."
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2025
Scores of wild burros are trampling the ecology of Big Bear Valley and putting motorists at risk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
She argues that nations are trampling individual rights.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
The horses, an invasive species whose populations are booming, must be removed because they are trampling ancient ecosystems in the Australian Alps already hurt by climate change, they say.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2020
We are trampling on the glorious name and fame of our country.
From The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow by Robert Grant
