Terrible despair after time moved slowly

Usage examples of traipsed.

The skeletons in mounting numbers traipsed back and forth in a dazed state, Seiznak paid them little heed once it was clear that he could do nothing to stop the green flame, and a half dozen or so lurched finally toward the open window and made off into the night.

By early afternoon, he traipsed back to the truck, fully intending to return to Little Bear.