clomping

present participle of clomp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clomping
Verb
  • Cena’s chrome-domed antihero, Freddie Stroma’s Vigilante and and Danielle Brooks’ Adebayo stomping through spots of light.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 21 Aug. 2025
  • No velvet rope, no fourth wall—just boot-stomping, beer-sign neon and crowd-absorption tech.
    Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The three actors were filming a lighthearted scene, shuffling excitedly between a hot sauna and cold plunge, when Reeves’ foot caught on some flooring.
    Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The film essentially takes place entirely within an under-20-minute timeline, showing the same events from a shuffling deck of points of view.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His arrival home each night is announced by his sputtering motorcycle and his drunken stumbling up the stairs.
    Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Whew The last thing a team wants to see is its starting quarterback stumbling to the sideline four plays into the season.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Addison Barger, who'd been scuffling in August, played the role of late-game hero.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • After a strong 10-game homestand last week at Kauffman Stadium, the Royals were scuffling against a pair of American League Central rivals.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Earlier in the day, Dexter did try to talk to Vinny sans violence, but being seen barging into the landlord’s office a few hours before his disappearance is only going to reflect poorly on Dex in the event of a police investigation.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Unfortunately, Dialpad Connect doesn’t support call barging, monitoring, or whispering.
    John Brandon, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In a final step, the powder was mixed with a carrier liquid, in which the microparticles stayed suspended without clumping together.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Some were fresh out of flight school, others flew lumbering flying boats or were ferry pilots for large bombers.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Leigh Yawkey Woodson’s parents created the tiny lumbering town of Hazelhurst, WI, about 60 miles due north of Wausau.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • More on the nanoimprint lithography (NIL) Nanoimprint lithography (NIL) is like stamping patterns onto a film, but at a microscopic level.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
  • New Zealand, then known as the Gal Blacks, had been granted permission from Maori elders to perform the haka, the ceremonial war dance that features chanting, stamping and facial gestures such as pukana (bulging eyes) and whetero (sticking out the tongue).
    Peter Carline, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Clomping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clomping. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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