lope
verb (used without object)
to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person.
is loping
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present progressiveof lope (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Bulgakov’s colossal malevolent black cat Behemoth is loping across the Moscow cityscape yet again.
From Newsweek
If West 57th is quick paced and flashy, American Almanac is loping and folksy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Growth this year is loping along at about 2.5% and should reach 3% in 1986.
From Time Magazine Archive
Our last exercise of the day is loping.
From Time Magazine Archive
"No; I expect a white hare is loping over my grave."
From A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story by Fergus Hume
