lope
verb (used without object)
to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person.
loped
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past participleof lope.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof lope.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
lopeverb (used without object)to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person.
Example Sentences
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But by the time Holiday had sprinted to the basket, Wembanyama had loped over, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
As Ewing thanked the students, then loped across the court toward a television interview, he took a long, needed swig from a water bottle.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2023
Then we waited a few more minutes while our kids loped back and forth between the hoops, not really communicating, before taking our charges home.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2022
The risk did not pay off - Russell ran wide at the second corner on his first attempt, put a wheel on the painted pit-exit line and loped into a slow spin.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2022
I didn’t recognize her, but she looked at me as if she knew who I was and then loped toward us, arms outstretched.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
