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Recent Examples of clomp
Local teens were clomping through the garden in high heels and dress shoes, fluffing their hair and adjusting their ties while their mothers stood by with heavy cameras around their necks, looking tired.
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Heather Havrilesky, New York Times, 31 May 2024
There’s no need to clomp up and down stairs in ski your ski boots in the three-story stone and timber main house thanks to an elevator, and there’s no need to ever get into a chilly car in the freezing dead of winter thanks to the heated five-car garage.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2023
Instead of clomping around in heavy, uncomfortable knee-highs this autumn, why not take on the pumpkin patch in shoes that are just as stylish, but won’t weigh you down?
—Kayla Blanton, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
Reed clomped down the staircase and out onto the avenue.
—Will Hermes, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
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Heather Havrilesky, New York Times, 31 May 2024
There’s no need to clomp up and down stairs in ski your ski boots in the three-story stone and timber main house thanks to an elevator, and there’s no need to ever get into a chilly car in the freezing dead of winter thanks to the heated five-car garage.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2023
Instead of clomping around in heavy, uncomfortable knee-highs this autumn, why not take on the pumpkin patch in shoes that are just as stylish, but won’t weigh you down?
—Kayla Blanton, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
Reed clomped down the staircase and out onto the avenue.
—Will Hermes, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clomp
Verb
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While wearing a mini tuxedo, Lorenzo slowly stomped down the aisle and paused at the puddle of petals.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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Boston Haitian community joyfully stomped, danced and marched their way down Blue Hill Ave.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
19 May 2025
Verb
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Bemused tourists attempt to shuffle through the acrid red and blue flare smoke.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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All of those departures except for Stark came before the draft, meaning Paton was left to shuffle the chairs and adjust on the fly to ensure the Broncos were prepared.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
16 May 2025
Verb
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The left horse just wanted to shamble along, while the right horse pulled with frantic jerks.—
Louise Erdrich,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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One nickname — Zombie tranq — reflects shambling from deep sedation.—
Pat Beall,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Concentrates are lumped together in the same category as carts and pens, including high quality extracts like live resin or rosin.—
Benjamin Adams,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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In her community, those who knew about psychedelics tended to lump them in with other illicit drugs.—
Michael Pollan,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
Verb
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Rinsing removes excess starch, which helps keep the rice grains separate and fluffy rather than clumping together and forming a gooey mass, Olivia Roszkowski, chef-instructor of Plant-Based Culinary Arts at the Institute of Culinary Education’s New York City campus, tells SELF.—
Audrey Bruno,
SELF,
13 May 2025
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Scientists are inching ever closer to figuring out the biophysical rules that govern how and why those first cells clumped up and stuck together.—
Carrie Arnold,
Quanta Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Another way in which people’s carbon footprints become especially galumphing is through air travel, notably in first class.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
28 Dec. 2019
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There used to be campus dogs galumphing around the quad, fat on a diet of student pizza and potato chips.—
Beth Thames ,
al,
30 Oct. 2019
Verb
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In the right of the picture, a platoon of soldiers, heavily armed and preceded by a pair of gun carriages, tramp through a defile.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
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But because of its delicate nature, would-be visitors have to enter a daily lottery to get a permit, helping limit the number of people tramping over the sandstone.—
Mindy Sink,
Denver Post,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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And then there are those, like Mia, who stumble on their birth families inadvertently.—
Barbara Demick,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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Per a fan video, at one point during the show, after spinning his microphone and tossing it towards the audience, Joel appeared to stumble, falling backwards and landing on his side.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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“Clomp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clomp. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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