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Trooped

Troop \Troop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Trooping.]

  1. To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops. ``Armies . . . troop to their standard.''
    --Milton.

  2. To march on; to go forward in haste.

    Nor do I, as an enemy to peace, Troop in the throngs of military men.
    --Shak.

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trooped

vb. (en-past of: troop)

Usage examples of "trooped".

We had plenty of manpower should we need it, but once those who might oppose us had trooped across town to Marquis Torandin's party, our only opposition might come from the duke's own bodyguards, and tampering with the wine served to them with their evening meal would neatly get them out from underfoot.

It was about noon on the following day when one of the scribes came down to the river to advise us that the Prophet was talking, and we trooped once more to that rustic temple to listen to the voice of God.

We all trooped down to the temple square again, and the convicted felons were dragged up out of the dungeon to learn their fate.

Then we all trooped inside and climbed an interminable flight of marble stairs to a room at the very top of a tower.

The Alorn kings had arrived in Tol Honeth some weeks ago, and they joined us and we all trooped up the hill to the imperial compound , and Ran Borune advised us that the Imperial War College( was at our disposal for our strategy sessions.

We all trooped down that long street, accompanying the happy couple home, and then I went back to Darral's house and fell into bed.

Kai took in a deep breath, inordinately relieved to be alone, to have a few hours before the others trooped back in.

Then Zebara waved them away and they trooped off through one of the arched doorways.

Lessa was thrilled, and as they all enthusiastically trooped out to excavate another mound, Toric wished he had not encouraged them.

Lessa murmured, but she rose and followed the others as they trooped down the hallway to Aivas's room.

Chatting gaily, the wedding guests trooped through a long corridor to a brightly decorated hall which had been converted into a grand ballroom ablaze with candles.

Many of the funeral attendees trooped off for food, drink, and reminiscing, but Sarah slipped away to her SW.

She ran up the stairs and paid for a return ticket just as the attendant opened the doors at the end of the waiting room, and the small party of other passengers trooped out to the gondola and crowded into it.

After breakfast they all trooped out to watch the skinners dressing out the lion-skin, pegging it fur side down in the shade, scraping away the yellow subcutaneous fat and rubbing in coarse salt and alum.

The wedding party trooped into the house to change into garb more suitable than beads and furs and feathers for the second ceremony while Lady Anna and the family went to greet the Anglican priest in the marquee that had been set up on the front lawn.