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9 total sentences available.
While the Duke of Alba in the Netherlands ruled with the axe of the executioner, Cervantes, in Spain, wrote his Don Quixote, and Lope de Vega, who himself held a post connected with the Inquisition, produced his admirable comedies.
Source: tatoeba (10954150)
He loped along, hour after hour, not fast but steady and covering much ground.
Source: wiktionary
Scott hurried down the dark path, lifted the canoe from the muddy rock to the moss, took out the packs, and loped back. toward the cabin. As he passed the window he glanced inside.
Source: wiktionary
And as we waited in the car Victor got out and loped over to the house and said a few words to an old lady, […]
Source: wiktionary
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Closest matches include canter, amble, bound, bound, burst.
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