LOPE in a Sentence

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For LOPE, below is one of 5 sentences:
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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 Meanings and Examples of 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.