clop-clop

The slow clop-clop of the horses hooves; the crunch of gravel under the wheels; the flickering torches that light our way past the stables and the old stone church where Cassandra Austen and her mother are buried, all add to the mood.

Pies & Prejudice Heather Vogel Frederick 2010

A company of Marines marched in front, followed by the Scottish Black Watch, in their red tartan kilts, their bagpipes filling the air with a surprising but poignant sound that seemed to be in perfect synchronization with the clop-clop of the horses that followed.

The Kennedy Detail Gerald Blaine 2010

There was no sound but the steady clop-clop of the hooves upon the hard-packed dirt.

The Monstrumologist William James Henry 2009

There was no sound but the steady clop-clop of the hooves upon the hard-packed dirt.

The Monstrumologist William James Henry 2009

With a little jerk, the crate started moving, bouncing and swaying in time to the steady clop-clop of…horse hooves?

Archive 2008-11-01 Becca 2008

With a little jerk, the crate started moving, bouncing and swaying in time to the steady clop-clop of…horse hooves?

writing sample: The Poison Spindle Problem Becca 2008

There was a heavy clop-clop of booted feet, and two ski-masked men with bandoliers of grenades strapped across the front of their brown robes passed slowly up the center aisle of the chapel.

Step on a Crack Patterson, James, 1947- 2007

Down the street came the heavy clop-clop of a tired horse pulling a delivery wagon.

Firehorse Diane Lee Wilson 2006

Now the boy could only hear the steady clop-clop of hooves and his own breathing.

Lord of the Silver Bow Gemmell, David 2005

On my street in New York one can of an evening sometimes hear the weary clop-clop of horses going home to wherever the stables may be.

Celebrities Hardwick, Elizabeth 2001