trotting

Example Sentences

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Samuel Brannan proclaimed in 1848, trotting a bottle of gold dust around San Francisco and effectively kicking off the Gold Rush.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

A little further along the trail, Kate Harrison from Durham, with dachshund Bobbi trotting cheerfully along, calls it "absolutely horrific".

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

He did not score again but did set up a try for winger Teddy Thomas with a pin-point crossfield kick before trotting off after an hour with victory secure.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

Emerging from the curtains on the first night of Crooked Con, like a reliever trotting onto the field in the bottom of the ninth, was none other than Barack Obama.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025

He pointed to one of the sows trotting over to the patch of ground where he’d dressed the pig.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss