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
As he went on, I saw the pansies spill from his gloved hand and fall to the ground, where they were trodden by the feet of many horses and men.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
