Trampling
[træmplɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trample
Typist: Ted
Examples
- An impatient trampling of one of the horses made him presently look up. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Still, in no direction were there any appearances of the trampling of men in hurried flight. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The trooping in of numbers, the trampling of many steps and murmuring of many voices, were likewise audible. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A sort of gathering and trampling sound was heard in the yard, and then a pause. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There was scarcely any cessation now of the discharge of firearms; and there was struggling, rushing, trampling, and shouting between. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He was supposed to cure their diseases by trampling upon their breasts or backs or standing on the back of their necks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He threw a sort of trampling quality even into the operations of commerce. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He saluted Rowena by doffing his velvet bonnet, garnished with a golden broach, representing St Michael trampling down the Prince of Evil. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Edited by Della