How to Use gallop in a Sentence

gallop

1 of 2 verb

• I grabbed my books and galloped out the door.
• He mounted his horse and galloped off to sound the alarm.
• The horse galloped toward us.
• She galloped her horse toward us.
• The program gallops through early American history.
• Porter did the rest and galloped his way down the middle of the field to give the Lancers the lead.
  — J.l. Kirven, Cincinnati.com, 26 Oct. 2019
• Wild horses gallop through the rolling sand dunes and graze at Stafford Field.
  — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2023
• The Mustangs gallop to a ninth region title in the last 11 years.
  — Josh Bean | [e-mail], al, 8 Oct. 2019
• In the horse-centric culture of the Pampas, her first idea is to gallop hard.
  — S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
• But in Hong Kong, the races gallop on with strict precautions in place.
  — Kristie Lu Stout, CNN, 31 Mar. 2020
• The race-horses who gallop here in summer are snug in their stalls.
  — Roger Robinson, Outside Online, 5 May 2021
• Just loosen the reins on the galloping horse of restriction?
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2024
• Bailey, Raven and Elmer galloped over and through about 10 inches of snow.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2020
• Horan carves out a bit of space on the left, and her cross meets a galloping Morgan right in front of Telford.
  — Andrew Keh, New York Times, 2 July 2019
• Marchand galloped up left wing and zipped home his second goal of the night with a hard snap off the left wing that banged in off the far post.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2019
• Bold horseman gallop up a green hill into a swarm of spears.
  — Will Bedingfield, Wired, 25 Oct. 2021
• Active at night, the bats gallop along the ground, approaching their prey on all fours.
  — National Geographic, 19 Mar. 2020
• Or that your spouse needs help controlling the reigns; or that your daughter loves to gallop.
  — Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2021
• The tent floorboards rumbled from the thumping D.J. booth and hooves galloping on the beach mere inches in front of the structure.
  — Holly Peterson, New York Times, 3 May 2023
• The horses gallop and rear with such realism and frenzy the viewer feels compelled to jump out of the way.
  — Claudine Doury, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2020
• There’s no pressure to gallop off into the sunset full speed ahead.
  — Anna Mahan, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2023
• There are always dark horses that gallop up out of nowhere, and schedules can change during the best of times.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2022
• On the fringe of a quiet golf course in the foothills outside San Diego, music from the Highwaymen galloped from the sound system.
  — Scott Miller, New York Times, 20 June 2023
• The poor beleaguered horse would gallop and kick; the monkey would scream; the audience would roar.
  — Stephen Greenblatt, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2022
• Wild horses roam free, galloping along the seaside crests of rocky hills.
  — Benjamin Lowy, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2020
• The junior sidestepped his man and galloped all the way to the end zone for a 96-yard score, the longest touchdown pass in Buffs football history.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2019
• Lastly, there’s the Wild Hunt, the ghost-like riders that gallop through the sky and kidnap humans from the Continent.
  — Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2023
• Like a gazelle galloping through a meadow, Imani Perez maneuvers up and down the floor for the Mullen Mustangs.
  — Jake Shapiro, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2019
• In the show’s end sequence, the cartoon children gallop back to the park, turn back into flesh-and-blood kids and continue their carousel ride.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
• Birds chirping overhead, horses galloping in the distance — and in the middle of the rural scene, a coffee shop.
  — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2024

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gallop

2 of 2 noun

• The horse was at full gallop.
• He mounted his horse and took off at a gallop.
• We went for a gallop through the countryside.
• A young elk gallops across the road in front of our car.
  — Michael Lewis, The Hive, 2 Aug. 2017
• Then, in sync, the herd turns 90 degrees and gallops out of the frame.
  — WIRED, 26 Aug. 2023
• Over time the agreements slowed the arms race from a gallop to a jog.
  — Jessica T. Mathews, The New York Review of Books, 22 July 2020
• On the gallop out, this horse flew, so watch out next race.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2021
• On the gallop out the horse still looked loaded and passed the winner.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2019
• The third horse gallops when the whip touches its skin.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2023
• Who doesn't want to hear this as their car gallops along?
  — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 18 Oct. 2017
• Nine One One was in the stretch 12 days ago and made a nice late move to run third and on the gallop out pass the winner.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2021
• The remaining gaits are the walk and gallop and are used to study a horse’s motion, physics, and style.
  — Megan Woodward, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 1 Aug. 2019
• The horses abruptly turned and, at full gallop, returned to the barn.
  — Benjamin Oreskes, latimes.com, 25 Jan. 2018
• Because the words are the same as before, the passage gets taken in faster, in a gallop of fear and flight.
  — The New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2019
• But this was a straight-line story of a dream taking off in full gallop.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 20 July 2021
• And at Churchill Downs, a bronze of the thoroughbred Barbaro stands in full gallop, a jockey in the tack.
  — New York Times, 28 May 2021
• Luebbe was untouched during his 70-yard gallop and the Panthers took the lead.
  — James Weber, Cincinnati.com, 26 May 2020
• Thanks to a perfect ball from Wilson, Milne was able to come down with the 78-yard catch and gallop for a touchdown.
  — Joseph Salvador, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2020
• Then the bay colt breaks into a gallop, running smoothly along the rail.
  — Danielle Lerner, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2017
• FG Jess Seis goes on to win the work by a head and then displays a terrific gallop out.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2021
• Also on Friday, the training track will be open for gallops in the morning.
  — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 12 July 2019
• Sunday’s result: Del Mar Drama sat off the pace and made a late move to finish fourth and then cruised on the gallop out.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2021
• Moose are even bigger at a gallop, and this one was galloping right at us!
  — Dara Dokas, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2017
• Huge gallop out in last; gets two turns today; will improve lots.
  — Michael Beychok, NOLA.com, 15 Jan. 2021
• And then, suddenly, what had been a gallop became a grind.
  — Star Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
• Derick Coulanges added the next two scores, headlined by a 30-yard gallop.
  — Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022
• So on Friday morning, Gorder had her gallop on the muddy track.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 19 May 2018
• Ran a closing second last out at five furlongs on turf to miss by only ¾ of a length and passed the winner on the gallop out.
  — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 6 July 2019
• To help absorb shock as the horse walks, trots, or gallops, a triangular and highly elastic hoof-part called a frog sits on the sole of the hoof.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 June 2023
• At the start, a young girl in a scarlet raincoat traipses across the grass of an English country house as a white horse gallops past, as if out of a vision or a child’s make-believe.
  — Zachary Barnes, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024