trample
verb (used without object)
to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.
is trampling
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present progressiveof trample (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored...
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
His critics think he is trampling on nuance and oversimplifying — sometimes dangerously so.
From Nature ● Sep. 19, 2019
Friedman said that in going back and forth between Postmates and Postmate, “the company is trampling on its own trademark.”
From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2019
People are not acting like themselves, rather, their lying urbanity is trampling all over your plain-speaking truth.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 9, 2016
“I don’t see how Kronos could just march into Manhattan, but the Mist is strong. Typhon is trampling across the country right now, and mortals think he’s a storm system.”
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
