trampling

Example Sentences

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Trampling by another large animal would not produce those breakage patterns, they concluded.

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2017

Trampling on Apple's supply patch could make life tough for the U.S. firm as it prepares for its next product line-up including a cheaper iPhone for emerging markets such as China.

From Reuters • May 16, 2013

Trampling on the spirit of compromise, Florida President Bernie Machen asserted that the public does not want top-rated conference champions to have an automatic spot.

From Chicago Tribune • Jun. 2, 2012

Reported by Jack E. White/Lagos and Wilton Wynn with the Pope Trampling on Old Glory The anti-American demonstration had been meticulously orchestrated.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not that I mind the mere material loss, But poor Armenia, hitherto quiescent, Who sees the barbarous brigands of the Cross Trampling her trusted Crescent!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 23, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir