- present participle of traipse.
traipsing
Example Sentences
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You may find it difficult to summon a ton of empathy for timeshare hawkers, but traipsing through the malaise of modern Vegas, it’s clear that just about everyone in Sarah’s position is struggling.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025
I think, for me, it is less about vanity than a fantasy of gracefully traipsing into my later years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 11, 2025
Youngsters making the transition to the seniors go left, to their own dressing room, saving them from traipsing across from the academy building on the other side of the complex for training.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025
Any trip up into the foothills or canyons and I am immediately brought back to my childhood spent traipsing around the San Gabriel Mountains.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025
She hands me a few bills, and I don't even bother to count out her payment before putting it in my pocket and leaving, traipsing wet footprints over her parquet floors.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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