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
They were loping along at a fair speed.
From Arms and the Woman by Harold MacGrath
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
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
And indeed, a number of winged creatures were loping down a hillside toward them.
From David and the Phoenix by Joan Raysor
