Trod

Examples

• I did so, that I might kiss the dear and sacred earth he trod. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He lighted the candle from the flaring match with great deliberation, and dropped the match, and trod it out. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I trod heaven in my thoughts, now exulting in my powers, now burning with the idea of their effects. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Caroline, without pausing, trod forward on the trembling plank as if it were a continuation of the firm turf. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Tall and muscular as I was in form, I must have looked like, what indeed I was, the merest ruffian that ever trod the earth. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The man never trod ground whose virtues and services would have sustained him in that place that day, against such denunciation. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I probably trod close to the eggs. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• My love would have been devoted--would have trod your paltry whimpering under foot! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Then he trod on something sharp. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• From that hour the way she had chosen lay before her, and she trod it with her own imperious self-willed step. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He could have divided Poland as easily as an orange, or trod on Ireland as quietly and systematically as any man living. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Part of the way it was covered with small, loose stones--we trod on six at a time, and they all rolled. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The person who played the part of Rosse, suddenly became aware of the dangerous ground he trod. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I had trod the soil. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Momently, they seemed only beautiful forms of selfish delight; mentally, she trod them under foot. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

Typist: Sanford