Explore Gallop through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like gait or pace. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Gallop in a sentence
Related words
Gallop meaning
- The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
- An act or instance of going or running rapidly.
- An abnormal rhythm of the heart, made up of three or four sounds, like a horse's gallop.
Using Gallop
- The main meaning on this page is: The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously. | An act or instance of going or running rapidly. | An abnormal rhythm of the heart, made up of three or four sounds, like a horse's gallop.
- Useful related words include: gait, ride horseback, pace, extend.
- In the example corpus, gallop often appears in combinations such as: full gallop, gallop and, to gallop.
Context around Gallop
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gallop
- In this selection, "gallop" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gish, broncos, syncopated, global and preferably stand out and add context to how "gallop" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an evening gallop preferably in and an exhibition gallop between races. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gallop" sits close to words such as abbasid, abdicate and adapters, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gallop
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It's just gish gallop. (5 words)
Gallop has it as 53% Republican to 39% Democrat. (9 words)
As to your Gish Gallop, to which of your insults and allegations should a person respond? (16 words)
In my riding days, a long, grassed slope up a tall, cone-shaped dump, with a reservoir at the top, provided the only place in the neighbourhood where the horses could stretch to a gallop. (35 words)
He is content with that decision and says the colt is in great shape physically and ready to go following two barrier trials and an exhibition gallop between races at Warwick Farm last week. (34 words)
It was founded by Queen Anne in 1711 after she declared Ascot ideal for “horses to gallop at full stretch” and has today become a major social event as well as a sporting attraction. (34 words)
As to your Gish Gallop, to which of your insults and allegations should a person respond? (16 words)
Travelling “as fast as a horse can gallop” and carrying all before it, on the crest of the tidal wave, driven by the hurricane force winds, was an entire haystack! (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
And that, among other factors, helped the Broncos gallop to the next round of the postseason tournament and forced the Windjammers to drop anchor on another solid all-around campaign.
As to your Gish Gallop, to which of your insults and allegations should a person respond?
Everyone but Elizabeth hops out, and she starts screaming when the horses spook and take off at a gallop with her still in the buggy.
He served as a minister in the Gallop and Carpenter governments before rising to the role of Labor leader.
In my riding days, a long, grassed slope up a tall, cone-shaped dump, with a reservoir at the top, provided the only place in the neighbourhood where the horses could stretch to a gallop.
Ivan Modia, CEO of Gallop Global, said: “We are thrilled to announce the Dubai Challenge Cup, set to bring four high-level teams to Dubai in the new year.
And part of the reason for her success—with an emphasis on the word “part”—has been her freestyle stroke: nicknamed the “syncopated gallop,” or the “giddy-up” stroke.
But a less than flattering track gallop on Tuesday persuaded Jusufovic to remain as is with the gelding’s gear.
Gallop has it as 53% Republican to 39% Democrat.
Gregory likes nothing more than an evening gallop, preferably in pursuit of a quarry and – on this occasion Aunty Grace was ready and willing to oblige.
He is content with that decision and says the colt is in great shape physically and ready to go following two barrier trials and an exhibition gallop between races at Warwick Farm last week.
It's just gish gallop.
It was founded by Queen Anne in 1711 after she declared Ascot ideal for “horses to gallop at full stretch” and has today become a major social event as well as a sporting attraction.
Jenkins joked with Young following Tuesday’s gallop whether the stable was running Epimeles in the right race on Saturday.
Ruth Hutt, the council’s acting corporate director for housing, refused to say where the leased accommodation could be, when asked by Cllr Annie Gallop at a scrutiny meeting on Monday.
The prose has a gallop, the research is extensive, and the subject matter is endlessly fascinating.
Too many injury clouds hovering over too many important players and too many others too short of a gallop.
Travelling “as fast as a horse can gallop” and carrying all before it, on the crest of the tidal wave, driven by the hurricane force winds, was an entire haystack!
TreVeyon Henderson had 87 yards on only 10 carries, though 53 yards were on one gallop.
But investors are becoming more receptive, said Cindy Gallop, a former advertising executive turned sex tech entrepreneur and founder of the website MakeLoveNotPorn.
Common combinations with gallop
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- full gallop 7×
- gallop and 5×
- to gallop 5×
- gallop on 5×
- at gallop 4×
- gallop at 3×
- gallop to 2×
- gish gallop 2×
- gallop with 2×
- of gallop 2×