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Examples of trot in a Sentence
Dan Labbe, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2023
My test camera picked up a doe trotting pat at close to 150 feet, and shot a perfectly acceptable video.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 23 Aug. 2023
Following the crowning of the King and Queen Camilla at Westminster Abbey in May, the Princess Royal trotted into the spotlight as Gold-Stick-in-Waiting for the parade back to the palace.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
In the video, gray wolves can be seen trotting back to their dens with gifts in-mouth.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
Duran had begun the inning at second, gone to third on a bloop single by Josh Smith and then trotted happily home.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2023
At one point, Park Police on horses trotted through a grassy field just west of the courthouse.
—Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
An officer on a traffic stop in the area witnessed the horse trotting through the soccer field at Gardenway and Grange.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2023
But the past two seasons, Schwarber has taken one for the team, trotting to left due to injuries elsewhere.
—Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2023
With kids these days holding the attention span of a home run trot, Major League Baseball introduced a slate of rules designed to speed the pace of play, notably with the introduction of the pitch clock.
—Dan Gelston, oregonlive, 19 Aug. 2023
On the second, Diggs did a Deion Sanders trot after plucking a deep ball before Simi Fehoko could.
—Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2023
Getting her horse to trust her — and making the gigantic animal trot, change direction, slow down and walk right next to her with his nose on her shoulder — gave her a sense of accomplishment.
—Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2022
Fewer Americans know that K-pop is just one musical genre among many in a country bursting with sounds — trot, indie rock and rap, to name a few.
—Zoe Glasser, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
The episode trots along without much further bickering.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 29 June 2023
To help absorb shock as the horse walks, trots, or gallops, a triangular and highly elastic hoof-part called a frog sits on the sole of the hoof.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 June 2023
At the Koreatown Senior and Community Center, about 30 retirees sashayed and shuffled to trot hits.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2023
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Word History
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from troter to trot, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German trottōn to tread, Old English tredan
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)
Noun (2)
1883, in the meaning defined above
Noun (3)
1962, in the meaning defined above
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“Trot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trot. Accessed 3 Oct. 2023.
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trot
1 of 2 nountrot
2 of 2 verb
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