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
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
The evening was deathly silent, punctuated only by the steady clop, clop, clop of Howard’s gear moving and shifting around his substantial frame as he walked down the street.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2017
Jonathan heard the sharp clop of its hooves.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
After a bit, he clopped back into his stable, where he is doing much better, the authority’s X post said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2025
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
Later, though, Helen clopped down to the basement in wonder.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
“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
She goes across the square, her head down clopping.
From "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner
