Example Sentences

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He may as well have been galloping astride all four horses of the Apocalypse, with flames and floods chasing the thundering hoofs.

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2020

National marriage figures aren’t yet available for 2016, but anecdotally, since the election, same-sex couples have been galloping down the aisle.

From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2017

The horses came, &c. &c. and I have been galloping through the pine forest daily.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

Here I have been galloping with you for two weeks without taking a breath; and you have been burnt up with fever and talking nonsense.

From Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich

But, my word, they must have been galloping hard to escape the rain!

From The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)