lope
verb (used without object)
to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person.
was loping
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past progressiveof lope.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The short-statured Homo floresiensis, sometimes known as the “Hobbit,” was living in Indonesia, while the long-legged Homo erectus was loping around Asia.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2023
On the screen, Aldrin was loping in a circle on the surface of the moon in front of the LM.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019
Even’s Baffert’s wife, Jill, was wondering what was going on when West Coast was loping along wide on the backstretch in fifth place, seemingly not showing any forward movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2017
By the second week, he began to suspect the company was loping minutes, and sometimes hours, off his check, and the pickers still weren’t receiving their afternoon break.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2016
Bigwig, in full view, was loping warily downhill, straight toward the fox.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
