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  • verb Present participle of tromp.

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Examples

  • They thought nothing of the idea of tromping off to some planet, setting themselves down, and daring the natives to pry them off in battle.

    Old Mans War 2005

  • (Soundbite of tromping up stairs) LANGFITT: African Union troops are showing a group of reporters their positions in abandoned buildings.

    Peacekeepers, Islamists Battle For The Soul Of Somalia 2010

  • “Which you deserve!” she said, tromping across the room.

    Ominous Kate Brian 2011

  • I looked at my water-stained leather boots, mottled after days of tromping around campus in the snow and sleet.

    Ominous Kate Brian 2011

  • When Buffy, my lab pup, was 4 1/2 months old opening day of pheasant season found us on a small farm when after tromping around for several hours Buffy got very "birdy" and then flushed two roosters.

    Best Gun Dog Contest 2009

  • (Soundbite of tromping up stairs) LANGFITT: African Union troops are showing a group of reporters their positions in abandoned buildings.

    Peacekeepers, Islamists Battle For The Soul Of Somalia 2010

  • I still recall that he was busy tromping around Africa and using his bully pulpit to support one dist fellow Harvard professor, rather then taking that opportunity to educate the American people on the details of the health care bill.

    Democrats point to 'Smoking Tweet' in GOP stalling health care 2009

  • The weekend was spent tromping around the city, through Central Park and around museums.

    The end is nigh karenmiller 2010

  • (Soundbite of tromping up stairs) LANGFITT: African Union troops are showing a group of reporters their positions in abandoned buildings.

    Peacekeepers, Islamists Battle For The Soul Of Somalia 2010

  • Forget the all-out rudeness of coming to my valley—again—without so much as stopping in town to let us know he was tromping around in our backyard.

    The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

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