LOPE in a Sentence

Learn LOPE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

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1. He was loping across the sand toward Nancy.
2. But the quickness of the wolf's lope and the borzoi's slower pace made it plain that Karay had miscalculated.
3. the wolf seemed to say to herself, and she moved forward without again looking round and with a quiet, long, easy yet resolute lope.

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lope
 v.  gallop slowly; run or ride with steady, easy gait; travel an easy pace with long strides
Classic Sentence:
1  the wolf seemed to say to herself, and she moved forward without again looking round and with a quiet, long, easy yet resolute lope.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER V
2  But the quickness of the wolf's lope and the borzoi's slower pace made it plain that Karay had miscalculated.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER V
3  I told you to take that loping miscreant under the line of white point; now, if your bullet went a hair's breadth it went two inches above it.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
Example Sentence:
1  As the horses lope along, we have an opportunity to admire the ever-changing scenery.
2  He was loping across the sand toward Nancy.