TREAD in a Sentence
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92 example sentences for TREAD, such as:
1. One woe doth tread upon another's heels.
2. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
3. I heard his heavy tread moving about upstairs.
4. Grief often treads upon the heels of pleasure.
5. Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to tread on your foot.
2. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
3. I heard his heavy tread moving about upstairs.
4. Grief often treads upon the heels of pleasure.
5. Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to tread on your foot.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of TREAD
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tread
n. the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
v. apply (the tread) to a tire
Classic Sentence: (81 in 6 pages)
1 Scarlett heard Mammy's lumbering tread shaking the floor of the hall and she hastily untucked her foot and tried to rearrange her face in more placid lines.
2 She pushed open the door, listened and heard Mammy's heavy tread in the downstairs hall.
3 But she discovered she could not look for him, for if she did not step carefully she would tread on some poor soldier.
4 Then she heard his cautious feet on the front steps and his stealthy tread as he entered the hall and she knew that escape was cut off.
5 A tall man came into the dingy room walking with a light Indian-like tread, and looking up she saw Rhett Butler.
6 So engrossed had they been in their gossip that they had not heard her light tread and now, confronted by their hostess, they looked like whispering schoolgirls caught by a teacher.
7 But Mammy was showing her age and rheumatism was slowing her lumbering tread.
8 Presently she heard a tread behind her on the terrace.
9 Their heads might have been turned upside-down, so absolutely did they tread upon blue ether.
10 She could hear Madame Antoine's heavy, scraping tread as she walked back and forth on the sanded floor.
11 Then after a long interval came the heavy tread of a policeman, and they held their breath till he was gone.
12 Though the tread which had left the mark had been light and rapid, it was still plainly visible.
13 As he ran with his comrades he strenuously tried to think, but all he knew was that if he fell down those coming behind would tread upon him.
14 He stepped as if he expected to tread upon some explosive thing.
15 She was always in motion, always with a half smile on her rosy mouth, flying hither and thither, with an undulating and cloud-like tread, singing to herself as she moved as in a happy dream.
Example Sentence:
1 One woe doth tread upon another's heels.
2 Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
3 Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to tread on your foot.
4 I heard his heavy tread moving about upstairs.
5 There is no tread on the tyre, you should put on a new one to keep your car safe.
6 Ah! My child, I know they have both suffered grief. They have has the black ox tread on their feet.
7 If the track we tread nowadays is smooth and easy, that is because of the pioneers who have gone before us.
8 They were bunching up, almost treading upon each other's heels.
9 The wine is still made by treading grapes in the traditional way.
10 So they began solemnly dancing round and round Alice, every now and then treading on her toes when they passed too close, and waving their forepaws to mark the time.
11 Grief often treads upon the heels of pleasure.