Example Sentences

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But when he joined the Reds in 2017, he was all too aware of the legacy of some great Scots who had trodden the same path before him.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

When the wind forced me to bow my head toward the whitening sidewalk, I fell into an entranced contemplation of the footprints people had trodden into the new snow.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2018

Demoralised and exhausted, Labour’s leader resigned, bequeathing a record-low 19% poll standing to Emily Thornberry, the former shadow foreign secretary who since early 2017 had trodden a subtly less pro-Brexit path than her boss.

From Economist • Feb. 2, 2017

If you missed it, the two clashes yesterday after Root appeared to claim the bowler had trodden on the ball.

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2015

There was a crunch of breaking china: He had trodden on a cup of cold tea that had been sitting on the floor outside his bedroom door.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling