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
Social media influencers are trampling up and down the riverside looking for clues, posting selfies from the scene and offering theories about a glove and a red van and a derelict house across the river.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2023
She argues that nations are trampling individual rights.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
People in general are frantic with fear, and are trampling each other in the rush to get money out of the banks before the crash that probably will not come.
From A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium by Hugh Gibson
