lope

Example Sentences

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Nanuq didn’t like it either, and he loped off behind a low hill.

From Literature

I hunt up a few mice, collect them in my jowls, and lope back to the den.

From Literature

Alexander’s stiff-backed schoolboy posture gradually altered into a light-footed loping stride.

From Literature

And although his style looks easy, like he’s loping to the library, it’s profoundly efficient.

From The Wall Street Journal

Adam Wharton is surely an England regular in the making, the loping socks-down style not disguising an elegant, competitive midfield operator of the highest order.

From BBC