Example Sentences

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The Capitals had been trampling the competition since the calendar turned to 2017, but they got a reminder Tuesday that they’re not invincible.

From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2017

You had been trampling the pride of his life in the mud: no man likes that—my father least of any.

From Basil by Collins, Wilkie

He and William Todd had been trampling down the elder-bushes, and returning to the house, found Minnie alone on the porch.

From The Gentleman from Indiana by Tarkington, Booth

Just round the angle of the stairs two steps were dirty and stained, as if dirty feet had been trampling upon them for some time.

From The Young Buglers by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

A moment ago it had been trampling to mud the tenderest feeling of the past; it was now eagerly alive with the feeling of the present.

From The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.