Explore Traipsing through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Traipsing meaning
present participle and gerund of traipse
Using Traipsing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of traipse
- In the example corpus, traipsing often appears in combinations such as: traipsing through, traipsing around.
Context around Traipsing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Traipsing
- In this selection, "traipsing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, recalled, people, patrons, alongside, home and behind stand out and add context to how "traipsing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include but those traipsing alongside them and couplings than traipsing around in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "traipsing" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with traipsing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He recalled traipsing through the countryside trying to catch a glimpse of the elusive hogs. (15 words)
Frankly, I have grown weary of arguing, especially when talk devolves into “Yeah, but …” and endless, meaningless traipsing through the weeds. (21 words)
We relate to him because he’d rather be in a Jeffries Tube rerouting power couplings than traipsing around in space looking for trouble. (24 words)
Bismuth is on the other terminus of I-95, traipsing around Miami, where he interviews the regular man on the street, the man being his friend who happens to live in the area (and support the same candidate, and know how all the Israelis are voting). (46 words)
I caught enough on cast-a-bubbles to love the skill-less version and the hike up to the lake and traipsing in the woods when I wasn’t fishing were as important as anything else. (36 words)
There are few cameras on the course and with Scott, Marc Leishman (-7) and Smith (-6) teeing off on the 10th, they were invisible to everyone but those traipsing alongside them on Saturday. (33 words)
Example sentences (9)
He recalled traipsing through the countryside trying to catch a glimpse of the elusive hogs.
If you think there’s a disproportionate percentage of athletic-looking, battle-scarred and shell-shocked people traipsing through the village, you’re probably not mistaken.
There are few cameras on the course and with Scott, Marc Leishman (-7) and Smith (-6) teeing off on the 10th, they were invisible to everyone but those traipsing alongside them on Saturday.
Melissa said that local pubs and bars were staying open too late, leading to patrons traipsing home with an open contempt for pots and plants.
She recalled: "I found my house while traipsing behind my dad, telling him, 'Don't be ridiculous, I'll never be able to afford Blackheath'.
Bismuth is on the other terminus of I-95, traipsing around Miami, where he interviews the regular man on the street, the man being his friend who happens to live in the area (and support the same candidate, and know how all the Israelis are voting).
Frankly, I have grown weary of arguing, especially when talk devolves into “Yeah, but …” and endless, meaningless traipsing through the weeds.
I caught enough on cast-a-bubbles to love the skill-less version and the hike up to the lake and traipsing in the woods when I wasn’t fishing were as important as anything else.
We relate to him because he’d rather be in a Jeffries Tube rerouting power couplings than traipsing around in space looking for trouble.
Common combinations with traipsing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: