trample
verb (used without object)
to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.
had trampled
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past perfectof trample.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Marque Lawyers' managing partner Michael Bradley said the festival had "trampled" on Abdel-Fattah's human rights and the board would have to answer for it.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
Northern Ireland's McIlroy was annoyed that LaCava had trampled on the line of his own putt as he celebrated Cantlay sinking a 30-footer.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2023
"The fundamental fruit of 25 April was, and undoubtedly remains, the affirmation of democratic values, which fascism had trampled upon and which we find carved into the Republican Constitution," she said.
From Reuters ● Apr. 25, 2023
Meanwhile, the revelation that Whitey had trampled on the underworld’s cherished conceit about a code of silence ruined the ex-boss’s good name among his peers.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2018
It had trampled on most of its supporting wall and lowered its front by spreading.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
