Treading

Examples

• However, I shall say nothing till I know the ground I'm treading on. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Thirdly, the employment of the fulling-mill for thickening the cloth, instead of treading it in water. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He knew that Hermione had a curious pleasure in treading down all the social differences, at least apparently, and he left it to her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Your house is so full of these little plagues, now, that a body can't set down their foot without treading on 'em. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• It isn't the first time, by a good many hundreds, that I find myself treading on delicate ground, answered the other, as immovable as ever. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The ground you are treading now returns a mighty hollow sound under your feet. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It was like treading old ground again. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It made me unhappy, because I was afraid of treading on it. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Notions and scruples were like spilt needles, making one afraid of treading, or sitting down, or even eating. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I thought it right to tell you, because you went on as you always do, never looking just where you are, and treading in the wrong place. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Sir, with renewed violence, I have been dragged for five and twenty years over burning iron, and I have lost the habit of treading upon velvet. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• If it was not a trick to frighten him, and those were the real hours treading on each other's heels, where would he be, when they came round again! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Let's have a glim,' said Sikes, 'or we shall go breaking our necks, or treading on the dog. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• She was still treading the buoyant ether which emanates from the high moments of life. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

Checker: Spenser