lope - use in sentences

Followed by a transitive particle

  • down: Then he lopes down the street he's keeping this all together, thank God.

Object

  • rhythm: Mueller directs the film with a gentle, loping rhythm that really captures this simple man's life as well as the period.
  • stride: Steve was also said to be " ice cool " and a " rugged tackler with a long loping stride " .
  • run: Thought he was Griffiths until I recognized the loping run.

Adjective modifier

  • easy: He lets himself drop into an easy lope, not bothering to try to catch her just yet.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • out: In the peripheral vision, creatures are loping out of the darkness on all sides.

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