lope

The only time I remember them speaking is a goodbye as he turns his back to lope down a hallway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2026

She hurtled through the air most weeks as Lynda Carter’s stunt double on the hit television series “Wonder Woman” and mimed Ms. Carter’s leggy lope.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2024

We stroll, stride, plod, traipse, amble, saunter, shuffle, tiptoe, lumber, tromp, lope, strut and swagger.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 5, 2022

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 ● Aug. 13, 2021

And he set off at a swift lope across the rocks.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

In a wordless two-page spread, a dog lopes solemnly toward the pickle, trailed by a mournful earthworm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

The NWS has warned that severe weather could return later this week as a storm lopes into the Great Lakes region over Friday and Saturday.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2024

Once he’s gone — back with the grown-ups among the rusty waves of Richard Serra’s “Wake” — the rabbit lopes back out and resumes grazing, the picture of dignified ease.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2022

The dialogue lopes freely between English and Spanish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2021

The crossing place was still many lopes ahead, but already Wolf could hear it roaring.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

But by the time Holiday had sprinted to the basket, Wembanyama had loped over, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

Then we waited a few more minutes while our kids loped back and forth between the hoops, not really communicating, before taking our charges home.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2022

The risk did not pay off - Russell ran wide at the second corner on his first attempt, put a wheel on the painted pit-exit line and loped into a slow spin.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2022

Her aging dogs loped across her front yard.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2020

Straight away he loped off the road, and I followed.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

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

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

Eventually the afternoon sun casts long shadows, and with a breathy whistle or two, Begay Sr. leads them back on the half-mile trek to their corral, the dogs loping not far behind.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2023

A rider had come over the crest of the hill, was loping down through the tall grass among the boulders.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara