lope

Example Sentences

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But soon his sprint slows and his legs start to lope as his arms swing with less force.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2024

Bounding around the stage shirtless with a disconcerting lope that suggests something’s off with his hip, he simultaneously owns his ancientness and defies it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2023

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

From Scientific American • Nov. 5, 2022

He sensed Akata’s easy, distance-eating lope as she moved past Red Rock.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2021

Then he dropped the file and came toward us in a long lope.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls