stoop
verb (used without object)
to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position.
am stooping
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present progressiveof stoop (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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With my homeroom in the spring, I am stooping in the back.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
I am stooping to pick a little posy of violets as these languid thoughts dawdle through my mind—blue mysteries of sweetness and color, born of the unscented, dull earth.
From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton
But will you not snatch my cloak while I am stooping?
From Cynthia's Revels by Ben Jonson
