When he took her in his arms the chessboard spilled, and the man trod on the pieces.

The man nodded to her, trod inside, and shifted his gaze to Miles.

He could only imagine how the man felt and trod as delicately as the situation would allow.

From one year's end to the next, men of the saintly persuasion never trod this common room.

And, in the old cesspit behind the gardener's shed, a young man was treading water.

Can a man tread the unstable water all his life, and call that standing?

In the old tale, only a truehearted man could tread such a path without falling.

Stepping in from the window, the young man trod softly toward the door.

Both men trod water, turned and looked back in the direction from which they had come.

Also, 'Does a man tread upon what he walks through?