cantered; cantering; canters
: to cause to go at a canter
1
: a 3-beat gait resembling but smoother and slower than the gallop
2
: a ride at a canter
Examples of canter in a Sentence
Verb
The horses cantered across the grass.
We cantered off toward the lake.
Recent Examples on the Web
Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Seven red cards later the game finished in a royal rumble, but River Plate got the home victory and took the league title at a canter.
—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
No matter his mounting legal headaches, former president Donald Trump appears poised to win the Republican presidential nomination at a canter.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
That’s not quite as many as 2016, when seventeen candidates contested the primary that Trump eventually won in a canter.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 24 June 2023
Related In the end, Subtract won the chart race in a canter.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 15 May 2023
But the animals here, designed by Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell, with movement direction by Caldwell, prowl and canter and leap with astonishing character and style.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
The horse seemed to enjoy its 15 minutes of fame, trotting by with ease, snaking in and out of the 1920s and 30s constructivist installations and by sand and imitation grass, before breaking out into a canter around the set.
—Thomas Adamson, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2022
First is the grooming, then a thorough warm-up of walk, trot, and canter in the arena which gets the horses’ minds focused.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2022
Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
Footage captured by bystanders shows a Harriot II employee jumping in the river and swimming to Pickett’s aid, a group of three men cantering up to join the fight, and even a pair of white Crocs being turned into anklets by the sheer force of body slams.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2023
Sometime during the process, a fox went cantering past, heading from the direction of the public beach toward the wilderness to the west.
—Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 29 June 2023
This morning’s Stella McCartney show featured one of the moments of the season: Alongside her models were seven gorgeous horses—many of them siblings—who cantered, rolled in the sand, bowed, and behaved extraordinarily and beautifully.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2023
Hang a left and canter back to the trailhead.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021
Crossland is one of about 10 of Keller’s students who were able to canter with Pinch.
—Madison Smalstig, The Indianapolis Star, 1 July 2022
Noun
Yet, undeterred by the current pricing dynamic, major energy players appear to be building up their LNG capacities and businesses at a canter.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Seven red cards later the game finished in a royal rumble, but River Plate got the home victory and took the league title at a canter.
—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
No matter his mounting legal headaches, former president Donald Trump appears poised to win the Republican presidential nomination at a canter.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
That’s not quite as many as 2016, when seventeen candidates contested the primary that Trump eventually won in a canter.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 24 June 2023
Related In the end, Subtract won the chart race in a canter.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 15 May 2023
But the animals here, designed by Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell, with movement direction by Caldwell, prowl and canter and leap with astonishing character and style.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
The horse seemed to enjoy its 15 minutes of fame, trotting by with ease, snaking in and out of the 1920s and 30s constructivist installations and by sand and imitation grass, before breaking out into a canter around the set.
—Thomas Adamson, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2022
First is the grooming, then a thorough warm-up of walk, trot, and canter in the arena which gets the horses’ minds focused.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2022
Verb
Prince Harry is cantering into the weekend with a charity polo match as Meghan Markle cheers him on in Florida.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
Footage captured by bystanders shows a Harriot II employee jumping in the river and swimming to Pickett’s aid, a group of three men cantering up to join the fight, and even a pair of white Crocs being turned into anklets by the sheer force of body slams.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2023
Sometime during the process, a fox went cantering past, heading from the direction of the public beach toward the wilderness to the west.
—Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 29 June 2023
This morning’s Stella McCartney show featured one of the moments of the season: Alongside her models were seven gorgeous horses—many of them siblings—who cantered, rolled in the sand, bowed, and behaved extraordinarily and beautifully.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2023
Hang a left and canter back to the trailhead.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021
Crossland is one of about 10 of Keller’s students who were able to canter with Pinch.
—Madison Smalstig, The Indianapolis Star, 1 July 2022
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“Canter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canter. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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