hop along

Example Sentences

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A total of 19 bombers took part, using cylindrical 8,500-pound bombs that would hop along the surface of the reservoirs the way children skip flat stones across a creek.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2022

At clearings he would pull himself erect and hop along from tree to bush, every jolt costing him a groan.

From Time Magazine Archive

As I hop along on my crutches, Danielle adjusts her speed so we can walk side by side.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar

Just in case, I hop along faster, extending my crutches as far in front as I can to take longer steps.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar

You might think this was very nice for him; he had no trouble to find food, because the ploughman turned it up; he had only to hop along after the plough and peck.

From The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India by Rouse, W.H.D.