Sentence examples for they tread on from inspiring English sources
Meanwhile, the world's biggest toymakers, Hasbro and Mattel, are struggling.It helps that parents like Lego's toys (except when they tread on stray bricks with bare feet).
But according to Ron Verhagen, the chief scientist at Apopo, rats offer a number of advantages when it comes to locating mines.First, despite their impressive size for a rodent (25cm from nose to tail when full grown), they are too light to set off mines if they tread on them.
He quotes the Canadian conservationist Grey Owl - "Remember that we all belong to nature" - and then recalls what was once said about the man: "'When the average person walks into the woods and they tread on a stick and it snaps, the animals unite against the intruder in silence, and part of that silence was Grey Owl.' I've always tried to be a part of that silence".
Ride-hailing apps have spread rapidly in China, but they tread on shaky legal ground.
Foes of the tougher laws argue they tread on individual liberties and can be a tool for racial profiling.
Even more saddening is the conflict among major players over the Syrian arena, where the grass they tread on is the people.
The boldness of the animals is disarming, but so is the way their white muzzles and the snow they trod on have almost the same look.
As they stepped down from the train, they trod on shattered glass and heard the news.
He did it well and with inventive good humour, standing up to the powers that be when they trod on his toes.
Turn round and they'll tread on you.
