- present participle of lope.
loping
Example Sentences
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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 ● Sep. 27, 2025
And although his style looks easy, like he’s loping to the library, it’s profoundly efficient.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2025
A few times we came across a three-legged coyote, affectionately known by locals as Tripod, loping along the empty road.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
And they’re attracted to rhythmic thumps on the surface, so the Fremen — people who live in the Arrakis desert — walk in strange, loping, arrhythmic steps to avoid accidental detection.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
I could see them distantly, loping through the garden, tongues waving in the air.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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