stomp
verb (used with object)
are stomping
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present progressiveof stomp.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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“Our house is on fire,” she declared, “and we are stomping ants in the driveway.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
And once you use words like that you are stomping inexorably towards accusations of cultural appropriation; of grabbing the totems of cultures other than your own simply to turn a quick buck.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 13, 2019
While Raiders officials won’t publicly step on the toes of Los Angeles’ two NFL teams, they are stomping on them behind closed doors as they market the Raiders in Los Angeles and Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2019
At Shihding Elementary, two older children are stomping around the playground in costumes of gray-bearded Chinese gods, trailed by a dozen children wearing conical bamboo hats, part of a traditional tea dance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2010
I choose the bad movie option, diving for the closet and shutting myself in before Oscar’s boots are stomping across the room.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
