TRAMP in a Sentence
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103 example sentences for TRAMP, such as:
1. Such was the beginning of his life as a tramp.
2. The tramp was arraigned on a charge of stealing.
3. She tramped up the beach to where he was sitting.
4. The tramp of horses' hoofs was heard along the road.
5. Poor Jurgis was now an outcast and a tramp once more.
2. The tramp was arraigned on a charge of stealing.
3. She tramped up the beach to where he was sitting.
4. The tramp of horses' hoofs was heard along the road.
5. Poor Jurgis was now an outcast and a tramp once more.
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Meanings and Examples of TRAMP
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tramp
n. a heavy footfall
v. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Classic Sentence: (97 in 7 pages)
1 As he strode along through the snow the sense of such meanings glowed in his brain and mingled with the bodily flush produced by his sharp tramp.
2 There was a ruffle of drums from the street below, the tramp of feet, the admiring cries of coachmen.
3 They went past, looking neither to left nor right, so silent that had it not been for the steady tramp of feet they might all have been ghosts.
4 There was a quick command from Captain Jaffery on the front porch and the rapid tramp of feet.
5 After a while I see a man coming across the stubble, and when he got close I see it was a tramp.
6 So Ole jumped down and crawled under one of the wagons for shade, and the tramp got on the machine.
7 She seated herself, for she was tired from her long tramp; and she began to rock gently and smooth out the folds of her silk parasol.
8 Such was the beginning of his life as a tramp.
9 Poor Jurgis was now an outcast and a tramp once more.
10 She was awakened by loud shouts and outcries, the tramp of horses' feet, and the baying of dogs.
11 The tramp of horses' hoofs was heard along the road.
12 Behind the company the sound of wheels, the creaking of springs, and the tramp of horses' hoofs were heard.
13 In the deathlike stillness only the tramp of horses was heard.
14 The adjutants and battalion and regimental commanders mounted, crossed themselves, gave final instructions, orders, and commissions to the baggage men who remained behind, and the monotonous tramp of thousands of feet resounded.
15 He touched his horse, gave the word of command, and immediately, hearing behind him the tramp of the horses of his deployed squadron, rode at full trot downhill toward the dragoons.
Example Sentence:
1 We heard the tramp of men coming to the door, and heard them begin to fumble with the pad-lock, and heard a man say: "I TOLD you we'd be too soon; they haven't come -- the door is locked."
2 The tramp was arraigned on a charge of stealing.
3 She tramped up the beach to where he was sitting.
4 I could just make out a tall, pale, shadowy figure tramping through the undergrowth.
5 They came tramping through the kitchen leaving dirty footmarks.
6 We spent a week tramping the streets of Rome, looking for movie locations.