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tromping

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verb

present participle of tromp
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as in strolling
to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure the scouts tromped through the dell, mostly just following the course of the creek

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of tromping
Noun
Surprisingly, the underside of the staircase’s base is one of their favorite nap locations, despite the tromping of customers and staff up and down. — Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tromping
Noun
  • Rucking targets both at once without the joint pounding of running or the recovery debt of hard gym sessions.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
  • Rutted migration routes, carved by the constant pounding of animal hooves, littered northern Pennsylvania.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • An offseason filled with roster shuffling continued Tuesday for the Charlotte Hornets, who completed a three-player deal with Atlanta to land another guard with perimeter shooting potential.
    — Staff reports, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The video, made in collaboration with faceless director Lauzza, features buildings shuffling on beat and other excerpts of British culture.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The clip then pans to a warm fire, and someone, presumably Meghan, stomping in rain boots in the mud.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Andersen in particular has struggled with such an aggressive role, where recovery pace and stomping channel defending are required to keep the shape.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Revenue suffered during the shutdown, burying the company in a hole of debt with little chance of climbing out.
    — Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
  • People are already burying the Chargers and this line moved from nearly double-digits (Chargers -9½) to under the key number of 7.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Beneath the balcony, this street, witness to and confidante of the entire twenty-three years of these young people’s lives, was languishing in the fragrant July night, densely thronged with strolling city dwellers even now.
    — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026
  • So after strolling through that same doorway Saturday, Mahomes picked up his phone, snapped some photos of the place and texted a few of them to his former teammates.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In the post, Wouter was pictured wearing a dog cone, which is used to prevent pets from licking, chewing or scratching surgical sites or wounds.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Baldwin’s post featured a video of the dog licking a cherry ice pop and looking at the rain.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • As the interview ends, Crist swiftly gets back to sawing and hammering.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 18 Sep. 2026
  • This song features a kick drum throughout, and the boosted bass takes it from background timekeeping to foreground hammering.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • One of my favorite projects involved walking across the largest city in the Lower 48, only with the general framework of a plan, stumbling upon all kinds of interesting people, places and history.
    — Mark Woods, Florida Times-Union, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Ian informs the sisters that Kylie isn’t merely stumbling into arcane rituals; someone is drawing her to the dark side.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026

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“Tromping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tromping. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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