Example Sentences

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Of course, as everyone else in the process was preparing for session, he was traipsing across Iowa.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2024

Yet around the same time that Roosevelt was traipsing through Africa and slaughtering these rotund mammals, other Americans were planning on bringing hippopotamuses to their own country.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2022

Chaban was traipsing through the woods in East Hampton for an article about a man trying to sell his land to the town.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2014

At three, his roly-poly daughter, Louise, was traipsing around the course after him, swinging at golf balls with a baseball grip.

From Time Magazine Archive

So here I was, traipsing after Ruthanne, enjoying the excited, scared feeling that made my spine shiver.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool