trample
verb (used without object)
to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.
has trampled
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present perfectof trample (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Hysteria about pedophiles, driven by conspiracy theories, has trampled truth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
Here are some examples of ways she has trampled my boundary in the past seven days alone.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2022
There are perhaps no musicians whom history has trampled over so forcefully as electronic producers, who are disproportionately burdened by whipsaw shifts in popular taste.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 18, 2019
Greenwald, author of books in which he argues the government has trampled on personal rights, wrote the original stories exposing the extent of the government's data collection.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2013
You have sworn to hate me; you pray to God to revenge you upon the King of Prussia who has trampled your heart under his feet.
From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
