trodden

Example Sentences

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“We’ll likely follow the same path we’ve trodden in the United States, and so it will begin with a commercial footprint.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Seoul has for decades trodden a fine line between China, its top trading partner, and the United States, its chief defence guarantor.

From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026

The flooring, believed to have been once trodden on by the playwright and actor, was discovered at St George's Guildhall in King's Lynn, Norfolk, in 2023.

From BBC • May 16, 2025

This pathway is now so well trodden as to have become a trope: the male feminist who deeply, appallingly wasn’t.

From Slate • Jan. 17, 2025

He passed like a shadow under the darkness of the tree and crouched, looking down at the trodden ground at his feet.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding