clop
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Viewers also saw and heard something unusual in the TV news environment: long stretches of unnarrated live action — the speaking of prayers, the clop of horse hooves — and moments of stillness.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
When I was young—five, maybe six—I was sure I'd levitated between the sofa and love seat of my childhood home, crashing to the ground when the clop of my father's footsteps severed my concentration.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2022
Both use hesitation dribbles to keep defenders honest, clop through the lane with Eurosteps, and have the ability to drain annoyingly effective step-back 3-pointers with ease.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2019
And yet beneath it all that creaking, clanking sound continues to clop and clatter.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2018
I climb in after Aunt Tess and then lean my head against the doorframe, feeling the rhythmic clop of the horses’ hooves down Massachusetts Avenue.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Blakon clopped his front hooves on the pavement after every point Segura made.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2023
He even clopped coconut shells together to imitate the sound of a galloping horse as Graham Chapman did in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2023
QUINAMAYÓ, Colombia — The Christmas trees, twinkling lights, and red and green streamers were up, and the main street was lined with tents selling sausages and popcorn, as horse-drawn carts clopped by.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
As we stood near the Reflecting Pool, a mounted Park Police officer clopped by on a horse.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2019
My oversize sneakers clopped on the court like a pair of Clydesdale hooves.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
“At any given point, the pike was a symphony of spinning wheels, creaking cabs, clopping hooves, and droning livestock,” Mr. Crytzer writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
During Bomba Estéreo’s energizing set, a dozen or so kids, some atop their parents’ bouncing shoulders, grooved to the vibrantly clopping percussion on the hard-surface dance floor laid in front of the stage.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
In the late 19th century, American cities moved to a soundtrack of clopping and clanking.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2023
Early last week, bystanders on Victoria Road may have been fortunate enough to see Taranteeno the Marvellous clopping by.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2021
Root disappeared into the operation’s shuttle, Foaly clopping behind him.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
