galloped

past tense of gallop

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of galloped The Mustangs were down 3 at the half on Friday night but galloped away with the win on the legs of RB Sawyer Blomquist, who punched in four TDs and ran for 176 yards on 33 carries. — Nate Peterson, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2026 Last year, horses galloped into the debate from another direction when the historian-futurist Yuval Noah Harari predicted that, in the not distant future, humans will be to artificial intelligence what horses are to humans. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 The house had been a grand property in another era, complete with Welsh ponies whose riders once galloped through the surrounding woods. — Sara Ruffin Costello, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026 As famine, war, pestilence and death galloped through, religious thought had been taking on an apocalyptic and self-abnegatory fervor. — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026 Barcola clipped the ball over his marker, galloped towards the box and saw a left-footed cross charged down. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 14 July 2026 At the same time, a big bull sable galloped out from behind a bush headed for the crest. — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026 Hollywood was founded by daredevils, from the cowboys who galloped here to become stuntmen, to the small-town girls who bucked the pressure to get married and moved west to chase a one-in-a-million dream. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 The beloved actress and two-time Oscar nominee, 63, reprises her role as cowgirl Jessie in Toy Story 5, more than 25 years after the character first galloped onto screens in 1999's Toy Story 2. — Nigel Smith, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for galloped
Verb
  • Just after the sun melted into the sea a deer trotted by, followed by its more nervous baby.
    — David G. Allan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In the 10th, automatic runner Joey Ortiz advanced on a bunt and trotted home when Frelick bounced a single to right field off Grant Wolfram (6-4).
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Allen jogged to her white Kia parked in front of his relative’s home and fled on Kenwood Street, documents allege.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The car drove off, and the other person who had approached the vehicle jogged after it.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Jeff Stotts, an athletic trainer who runs a site that tracks sports injuries, wrote that since 2005, just one player had sustained a torn labrum like Wallace’s and returned later that season.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The man running as a Libertarian for that Senate seat in Texas, one Ted Brown, had the best line of the day.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • During pregame warmups, Doncic sprinted out of the Lakers tunnel and straight to Hachimura, who was warming up in the corner.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Yelich hit an 0-2 cutter to the right-center gap and DeLuca sprinted 85 feet and sprawled.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

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“Galloped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galloped. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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