lope
verb (used without object)
to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person.
lopes
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present tense formof lope (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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In a wordless two-page spread, a dog lopes solemnly toward the pickle, trailed by a mournful earthworm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The NWS has warned that severe weather could return later this week as a storm lopes into the Great Lakes region over Friday and Saturday.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2024
What endures from those days is the sense of motion: A creature lopes through incongruous environments, often entering a spaceship that descends, hovers and ascends again.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2022
Once he’s gone — back with the grown-ups among the rusty waves of Richard Serra’s “Wake” — the rabbit lopes back out and resumes grazing, the picture of dignified ease.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2022
Mother steps out of the den, lopes to me, and begins grooming my fur.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
