lopes
- present tense form of lope (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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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
The one on the screen lopes instead of walks, finds everyday life challenging, if not frightening, and always looks like he’s trespassing, even in his own home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2022
He lopes toward the second bus, takes the stairs in one leap.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
