Example Sentences

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Hong Kong authorities also have trodden lightly in handling the protests led by mainland Chinese.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2022

Chinese tech giants have trodden carefully with their NFT platforms within mainland China.

From Reuters • Aug. 16, 2022

Yet so far, foreign buyers have trodden carefully, mostly buying government bonds and steering clear of riskier municipal and corporate bonds, says Zhenbo Hou of BlueBay Asset Management.

From Economist • Jun. 28, 2018

“I have trodden on many slugs in my life. There’s a terrible pop if you do it in bare feet.’

From New York Times • May 4, 2015

Thou shouldst only have trodden the deck again, when, against thine own will, thou wert restored to health.

From Saga of Halfred the Sigskald A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century by Dahn, Felix