canter

Example Sentences

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Five-time Champions League winners Barca struggled to find their rhythm in the first half but did enough after the break to clinch a top-eight league phase finish at a canter.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

A nicely worked move sent Andrew Kellaway running through the Japan defence and he fed Flook to canter over the line.

From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025

You just have to look at what they did last season, and how they won the title at a canter.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

He gave away a penalty for tackling an airborne Hugo Keenan before a bad defensive read opened the way for Lowe to canter through and set up Ireland's third try.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025

But by now the whole party was moving off at a brisk canter.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis