lope

Example Sentences

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One morning in January, about 30 ninth and 10th graders, many of them dressed in navy blue school sweatshirts and gray pants, loped into a class called Software Engineering 1.

From New York Times

“Out from behind these trees, these tall shrubs, there he comes, loping down the street,” Ruck said.

From Washington Post

DeSimone presented a surveillance video from a building that showed Medina loping up to a utility pole and then dropping to his knees and rolling onto his back.

From Seattle Times

As Ewing thanked the students, then loped across the court toward a television interview, he took a long, needed swig from a water bottle.

From Washington Post

Jones’s turbulent drive on Farrell’s “13 Avenue B” and way-behind-the-beat lope during “On the Trail” demonstrate why many consider him jazz percussion’s all-time heavyweight champ.

From New York Times