trooped

past tense of troop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trooped
Verb
  • Humanoids marched, backflipped, and twirled nunchucks; robotic pandas gambolled.
    Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • As the Chiefs marched to a second straight Super Bowl championship and their third in five seasons, Toney watched unhappily.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Enzo Maresca strode into the Manchester City press auditorium five minutes early, addressed the room and took off his jacket.
    Sam Lee, New York Times, 25 July 2026
  • Prosecutor Joel Seidemann strode briskly up the length of the courtroom’s center aisle with an accordion file under one arm and a line of eight younger colleagues rushing to keep up.
    Laura Italiano, NBC news, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • In 2022, a pair of witness stones were placed in front of the steps of Trinity on the Green Episcopal Church, near the spot where Lois and her mother were paraded and sold.
    John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
  • Maradona and Messi have paraded through Kolkata on multiple summer tours, mobbed by thousands at the airport and on the streets, hailed as gods coming down to earth.
    Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Both men sat in opposite corners afterward before Reigns walked to the center and offered a fist, and Rollins met it.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Many other health workers have walked off their jobs, protesting the lack of payment.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Martha paced the lobby of an office building in Oxnard one afternoon in December.
    Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
  • While coaches fielded questions in the main ballroom at Big Ten Media Days on Tuesday, the conference commissioner paced a quiet foyer deep within the Hilton Chicago, phone by ear.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Earlier this month, Eva Longoria strolled through the streets of Spain in a black and white dress that truly has no limits.
    Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
  • Harry and Archie strolled ahead of Lilibet, who wore a floral dress with metallic sandals while touting a tiny purse.
    Hannah Malach, InStyle, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Locals complained tourist gawked at them or traipsed through their yards.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • In the story, the dress is a reminder of a more exciting time in the lives of the married protagonists, who have returned to Canada after having traipsed around the globe for years.
    Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • One section tracks the influence of the Alhambra complex, in Granada, where artists trekked to whet their appetites for the exotic.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • After the band decided not to play, Lee and company trekked to the International Amphitheatre to watch Kiss.
    Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
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“Trooped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trooped. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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