How to Use trot in a Sentence

trot

1 of 2 verb
  • She trotted off to help.
  • A horse trotted past us.
  • The batter trotted around the bases after hitting a home run.
  • The little boy trotted along after his mother.
  • Apollo is still trotting on the spot.
    — James Vincent, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Apollo is still trotting on the spot.
    — James Vincent, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • In the video, gray wolves can be seen trotting back to their dens with gifts in-mouth.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Marte trotted home with the game-winning run.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Video shows the horse trotting through the street and hitting a taxi.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Then a boy of about ten, in a knit hat and a puffy coat, trotted up to the shrine.
    — Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The wild-eyed elk turned and trotted parallel to me.
    — Jack Atcheson Sr. As Told To Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Mustafa said as the man trotted down the stairs, mumbling something—a prayer, a curse.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
  • About 100 yards to the right, a herd of caribou trotted past.
    — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
  • Contreras trotted down to third base and touched the bag for a double play.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
  • While three trotted around, sniffing their surroundings, one locked in on the tall grass.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
  • This is how Rauw’s globe-trotting tour came together.
    — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In the first video, the white-furred feline is seen trotting about Jenner’s home.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Mama pig Susan lies down, while the others are prepared to trot around.
    — Clara Longo De Freitas, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 23 July 2021
  • Bradley then trotted up the center of the fairway, waving it to a cheering crowd.
    — Hugh Kellenberger, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The wolf on the flat trotted to the edge of the bank above the unsuspecting caribou and peeked over at them.
    — Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
  • As the ball sailed into left field, Ohtani scrambled to his feet and trotted home safely.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
  • Zebras trotting through a corner of the park where they’re normally rarely seen.
    — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The cameras record the shot, showing the buck jumping and trotting off 20 yards.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2024
  • In the fields nearby, farmers would raise flocks, and then trot thousands of turkeys through town on their way to market.
    — Mitch Smith Callaghan O’Hare, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The horses began to trot around Abramovic and León de la Barra.
    — Kim Córdova, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
  • After a few seconds, police officers trot up, line up along the driver’s side and open fire.
    — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Three wolves, trotting single-file with heads and tails down, started to cross the flat half a mile downwind of the caribou.
    — Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The next inning, Kelenic trotted right back out to right field as if nothing had happened.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Webb briefly trotted a few steps onto the field following the opening kick, full pads on and helmet strapped.
    — Kansas City Star, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Harper slowly trotted around the bases and took time at third to salute coach Dino Ebel.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026

trot

2 of 2 noun
  • This season has been more of a trot.
    — Tony Jones, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The boy jumps out with his footy and trots away, bouncing it.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • That gave him plenty of chances to practice his home-run trot.
    — Steven Wine, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Cooke’s film is shorter by half an hour, and the plot is urged along at a brisk trot.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2021
  • And Shohei Ohtani started his trot around the bases.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2026
  • His trot backward before catching a fly ball is part of it.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The switch-hitting third baseman was pumped up as began his trot.
    — Mike Fitzpatrick, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2022
  • By Tatis’ standards, his trot around the bases this time was muted.
    — Steve Henson Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Still, the manager took some time to chat with Volpe about his trot home.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 July 2024
  • Suddenly, the wolf turned and charged me once again, coming at me at a trot.
    — Outdoor Life, 26 July 2023
  • Adames began jogging around the bases, but his trot soon slowed into a brisk walk.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
  • With the rise of rock and folk music and then K-pop, trot fell out of favor.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Both of them walked their little dogs at about a mile and a half circle, a nice little dog trot.
    — CBS News, 6 Nov. 2017
  • As soon as the ball was hit, Burmeister broke into a slow trot down the first-base line.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Setting off at a jaunty trot, Andreas is of course bound to fall.
    — Anna Mundow, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Horses used the warning track to stretch their legs, ranging from a walk to a trot, maybe even a lope.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
  • So the opening trot was a muscle relaxer, a warm-up to this.
    — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • Call it a trot, or maybe a canter, or merely something between a stroll and a sprint.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Sheets has three of the seven fastest home run trots by a Padres player this season.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
  • When an Indian is on second or third, or during a home run trot.
    — Tim Warsinskey, cleveland, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Behind the main unit lies a feature known as a dog-trot, a covered outdoor porch that splits the two units.
    — Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The white moose trots slowly across the roadway as its companion runs behind to catch up.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 1 May 2024
  • The business offered dance lessons from tango to rumba to the fox trot, and rented its space for events.
    — Andrew Dalton and Jae C. Hong, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Most episodes are cartoon-length and somehow packed with events while never breaking into so much as a trot.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Bud proceeded at a trot while BoMac paced him from the car behind.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
  • With her elegant trot and nose permanently stuck up in the air, Brandy was a shoo-in.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Profar tossed his bat and began his trot to first, but he was ruled to have swung by third-base umpire Todd Tichenor.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Always the prankster, Hernández grabbed the groin of third-base coach Dino Ebel on his trot.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
  • The home run even had La Russa joking Hamilton needed to slow his home run trot.
    — Patrick Rose, ajc, 30 May 2021
  • The popular spot is ringed with Adirondack chairs and just a quick trot to the lobby’s grab-and-go store, stocked with snacks and drinks.
    — Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 20 Sep. 2024

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