loping

Example Sentences

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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

As he should: The band’s self-titled debut, which came out last month, is a tuneful blast of fuzz-bomb pop — glammy, folky, a little psychedelic — with great riffs and a loping, late-Beatles-era groove.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 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

Waddle soon became the toast of Provence with his easy, loping style earning him the nickname 'Magie Chris' - Magic Chris - as he went on to score 28 goals in 140 appearances for OM.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2023

She saw him coming from the outhouse with a queer loping gait, swinging his head from side to side and his jaws clenched in a funny way This was too awful!

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston