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

Federal officials and environmentalists contend the animals are trampling stream banks and damaging habitat for other species.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023

“Thousands are trampling the streets in the wildest celebration ever seen in baseball,” the New York Times marveled.

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2019

"At least," he said in a low, quiet voice, "believe it is less jealousy that speaks within me than love—love for you, for the woman you are trampling in the dust."

From The Woman with the Fan by Hichens, Robert Smythe