stoop
verb (used without object)
to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position.
are stooping
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present progressiveof stoop.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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He said the defense attempt to get the evidence tossed out because it shows “their client is lying … they are stooping to this level to try to keep it out.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
“It leaves a bad taste in our mouths in terms of what levels Boston teams are stooping to to win games,” he said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2017
"It is staggering how low some people are stooping simply to con a few hours of free parking," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2015
“No; but there’s something they can see, for they are all pressing close up, and the boys are stooping down to look underneath.”
From Glyn Severn's Schooldays by Charles Pears
The angels are stooping Above your bed; They weary of trooping With the whimpering dead.
From Poems by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
