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Meanings of trodden on in English

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Usage of trodden on in English
1
He who lies on the ground must expect to be trodden on.
Brave Men and Women: Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs
2
I had trodden on her foot and crushed her against a door-jamb.
Caves of Terror
3
Welbeck started as if he had trodden on a mine of gold.
Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
4
Also I have dropped my whip, and it is trodden on, broken.
Lady Good-for-Nothing: A Man's Portrait of a Woman
5
I had trodden on something round -something that brought me down.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition...
6
But he had never trodden on them and she had not died.
Atonement
7
Emotions and sensations, surging through her, had trodden on each other's heels.
Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
8
You won't be half so likely to be trodden on, believe ME!
Anne's House of Dreams
9
Believe me, women are all alike; they are made to be trodden on.
Maurice Guest
10
I ask your pardon if I have trodden on your corn.
The Virginians
11
You trod on his feet and he pretended he had trodden on yours.
Mary Olivier: a Life
12
He was a rotting organism there to be trodden on like any insect.
Corpus of a Siam Mosquito
13
You will have only yourself to thank if your toes are trodden on.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
14
Zelie stepped back as though she had trodden on a snake.
Other People's Money
15
A stranger might have thought that she had trodden on a hot ember.
Under the Red Robe
16
We never forget the footfall, however light, that has trodden on our heart.
Prisoners: Fast Bound In Misery And Iron
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