- present tense form of trot (3rd person singular).
trots
Example Sentences
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One California pastor has even trained a robot dog on his sermons, and it trots his church’s aisles on Sundays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
She said walking Captain Crumpet was a "real mood booster, I can't help but smile seeing his happy tail as he trots along".
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
The novel trots the globe, from Barbados to Virginia to Nova Scotia to the Arctic to London to Morocco, and besides the hot-air balloon, includes the invention of the public aquarium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
We’ll have to wait and see if he trots out any fun new nicknames at the town hall for Latino voters that airs Wednesday night.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2024
Then a third trots up beside the first two.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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