trodden

Example Sentences

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The path to investment success is easy to find because it’s well trodden and simple.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Self-funded for much of her teenage years, Kartal's route to professional tennis was not the most well trodden, while she also did not pick up a racquet for two years because of injury.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025

"Fans distract and intimidate opposition players - even more so in derbies - and this is where the line can be trodden over," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 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

McNamara must’ve recognized me as the kid trodden into the mud.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell