clomping

present participle of clomp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clomping
Verb
  • The sound of her stomping up the staircase causes her parents to share a look of weary consternation.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But only the faithful know everything about the Mushroom Kingdom’s shell-stomping messiah.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The technology included corrupt automatic shuffling machines that read cards and predicted which player had the best hand.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Card-reading contact lenses, X-ray poker tables, trays of poker chips that read cards, hacked shuffling machines that predict hands.
    Rob Wile, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Walking Dead keeps shambling along, now splintered into a bunch of pretty lackluster spinoffs.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The slate coasters feature little pads to keep the smooth, rock material from scuffing your table.
    Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Remove shoes while in the house to avoid scuffing up baseboards and floors.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After stumbling into a massive camp full of refugees from Nilfgaard’s ongoing campaign, Geralt winds up witness to a witch trial.
    Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
  • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CWD can take months to years for symptoms to appear, which could include drastic weight loss, stumbling or lack of coordination, drooling and listlessness.
    Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The 49ers have all sorts of injuries and are scuffling to win every week.
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Entering their game against the New Jersey Devils at Ball Arena, the Avs’ power play had been scuffling.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Read All About It A Missouri woman was sentenced to more than four years in prison in a brazen and blundering attempt to steal Graceland from the family of Elvis Presley.
    Christian Orozco, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Apple so far has only been able to introduce a few basic AI features on the iPhone while failing to deliver on last year’s promise to deliver a more conversational and versatile version of its often-blundering virtual assistant Siri.
    Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Scherzer interrupted Schneider one more time after the game was over, barging into the interview room while the manager was conducting his post-game news conference.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Don’t go overboard by barging ahead, come hell or high water.
    Adrian Vore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Clomping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clomping. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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