lope
Example Sentences
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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
If you’ve ridden a horse, think lope gait.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2020
Well, you could start by giving Adam Driver the starring role, hiring Jon Hamm to lope in and out of otherwise stagnant scenes, and threading shocking flashbacks through the more arid patches.
From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2019
I lope through the leaves, leap over a low bush, and—yikes!—company:
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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