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
Matt Slater, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
At the Beavers Bend Depot & Trail Rides, kids and families can board a one-third-scale replica of an 1863 train or canter on horseback along paths.
—Casey Barber, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
There’s also an outdoor polo arena, a canter track, a stick’n ball polo pitch and, for quick jaunts into London, a helipad.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2025
The deluge of headlines has also put pressure on the Hong Kong government to bring home a dozen city residents stranded in the scam canters.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
Lautaro Martínez Inter Milan won the league at a canter in 2023/24 and their main man was captain fantastic Lautaro.
—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Bloom moves with the lithe, unsteady canter of a man who's punch drunk, while the trauma of his horrific childhood emanates from his haunted eyes.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024
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
Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2025
This is not the same City that cantered to the last four Premier League titles in a row, nor the one that won the treble and conquered Europe in 2022.
—Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Hobbyhorse competitions feature young enthusiasts trotting, galloping, and cantering on toy horses in various disciplines, such as jumping and dressage.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
The technology involved in planar magnetic drivers is cantered around an ultra-thin diaphragm made of a polymer substrate that’s just 2µm thick.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
As Sri Lanka cantered towards 219, powered by the brilliant Pathum Nissanka, Joe Root was reduced to trying Stuart Broad’s bail-switching wizardry.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
The horses were draped in colorful Hermès scarves and cantered around the plaza in front of the guests.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
In March, Pieper was elated when Dax briefly cantered but then realized Dax was actually just playfully biting the butt of the horse in front of him.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
In the week prior to the auction, the two-year-olds get under tack and a rider takes them on the track’s backstretch, first walking, then cantering, then galloping into the final turn, then picking up speed and sprinting flat out over the last eighth of a mile.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
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Noun
Perhaps deciding that too much jeopardy is bad for business, FIFA played it safe in 2018 when Canada, Mexico and the U.S. won the right to host the 2026 tournament at a canter over Morocco.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
At the Beavers Bend Depot & Trail Rides, kids and families can board a one-third-scale replica of an 1863 train or canter on horseback along paths.
—Casey Barber, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
There’s also an outdoor polo arena, a canter track, a stick’n ball polo pitch and, for quick jaunts into London, a helipad.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2025
The deluge of headlines has also put pressure on the Hong Kong government to bring home a dozen city residents stranded in the scam canters.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
Lautaro Martínez Inter Milan won the league at a canter in 2023/24 and their main man was captain fantastic Lautaro.
—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Bloom moves with the lithe, unsteady canter of a man who's punch drunk, while the trauma of his horrific childhood emanates from his haunted eyes.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024
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
Verb
The action anime feature for everyone who couldn’t get enough of the horseplay in The Two Towers has finally cantered onto Max.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2025
This is not the same City that cantered to the last four Premier League titles in a row, nor the one that won the treble and conquered Europe in 2022.
—Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Hobbyhorse competitions feature young enthusiasts trotting, galloping, and cantering on toy horses in various disciplines, such as jumping and dressage.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
The technology involved in planar magnetic drivers is cantered around an ultra-thin diaphragm made of a polymer substrate that’s just 2µm thick.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
As Sri Lanka cantered towards 219, powered by the brilliant Pathum Nissanka, Joe Root was reduced to trying Stuart Broad’s bail-switching wizardry.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
The horses were draped in colorful Hermès scarves and cantered around the plaza in front of the guests.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
In March, Pieper was elated when Dax briefly cantered but then realized Dax was actually just playfully biting the butt of the horse in front of him.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
In the week prior to the auction, the two-year-olds get under tack and a rider takes them on the track’s backstretch, first walking, then cantering, then galloping into the final turn, then picking up speed and sprinting flat out over the last eighth of a mile.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
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“Canter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canter. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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