lope
verb (used without object)
to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person.
were 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 trees around them rustled, and she had to squint to make sure no shadows were loping out toward them.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
In five minutes they were loping easily along the ditch, with sharp eyes for possible obstructions.
From Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters by Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert) Rowe
Rather more than a mile away a dozen or more riders were loping along the trail of the fugitives.
From Bloom of Cactus by Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen) Coleman
Another moment, and Wells and little Jessie were loping away on Spot, and were rapidly disappearing from view along the dim, moonlit trail.
From Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier by Charles King
They were loping along after her with an ugly yet very rapid gait, which they could keep up all day if necessary.
From Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 by Cyrus Townsend Brady
