How to Use trample in a Sentence
trample
verb- They are trampling on our rights.
- They are trampling our rights.
- The workmen trampled on my flower bed.
- Her glasses were trampled underfoot by the crowd.
- Many people were trampled to death trying to escape the burning building.
- Their most cherished traditions have been trampled.
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If any of them would whine or cry or bark the moose would trample them.
—Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 7 Mar. 2022
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When the rights of one group are trampled, the rights of all are at risk.
—Maria Revelles, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
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Some fell and were trampled in the stampede.
—Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
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Instead, he got trampled by the crowd.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
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Some fell, and others trampled over them.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
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Stay on those trails and do not trample the flowers (or take any home).
—Raul Roa, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
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Stauff was able to make it around the gate because a path had been trampled around it.
—Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 12 June 2018
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At least one person was even trampled to death by an elephant.
—Jason Lemon, ajc, 21 June 2018
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But no one wants to be seen as trampling on the democratic process.
—Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com, 5 July 2018
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If anybody is out of line, you can get trampled by something.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2023
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Turner was still alive when her unborn child was cut out of her and trampled.
—P.r. Lockhart, Vox, 2 May 2018
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There’s no good way to get trampled in a playoff series, of course.
—Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Apr. 2018
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And for him to have been trampled by his own cattle, that just -- that just didn't make sense.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2017
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My head, arms, legs and face were all trampled extremely hard.
—Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity.com, 20 June 2017
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Over the past six hours, he had been beaten and burned, trampled and taunted.
—Sean Williams, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
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Actors fall off their horses, get trampled by hooves, crack a skull or break a bone.
—Jennifer Percy, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
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Women who could be trampled by men, conned, deceived.
—Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
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The weed, partly trampled, was still bursting through the crack.
—Sharon Noguchi, The Mercury News, 24 May 2017
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One was a gunshot wound and the other was trampled as people fled the scene.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2024
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This President has been trampling the rule of law from day one.
—Nik Popli, Time, 10 Apr. 2026
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Her husband was trampled to death by an elephant in March last year.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 26 Mar. 2024
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At least one of the two people that was trampled suffered broken bones.
—Christopher Harress, AL.com, 11 Apr. 2018
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They may have been trampled by other seals fleeing the area after the launch.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
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No spectators means no foot traffic to trample the rough over four days.
—Doug Ferguson, Star Tribune, 5 Aug. 2020
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