lope

Example Sentences

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With her loping stride and charming personality, Tirop could have been a star on the streets of New York.

From New York Times

Stock music thrums as he lopes through a beige expanse punctuated with knotty driftwood, ceramic vessels and fossilized sea urchins.

From New York Times

It was not a kangaroo but a muntjac, a small Asian deer with sharp teeth and a loping gait.

From Washington Post

With his long, loping left-handed swing, the Pirates envisioned a player who would take advantage of the short porch in right field at PNC Park for years.

From Seattle Times

The horse would lope to the fence promptly for some corn, while the mule, skittish and wild-eyed, hung back with a kind of pitiable, crazy longing that made you throw an ear right quick.

From Seattle Times