stoop
verb (used without object)
to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position.
had been stooping
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past perfect progressiveof stoop.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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"I know you think so," said he, closing the heavy book over which he had been stooping.
From The Incomplete Amorist by E. (Edith) Nesbit
I did not hear what else he called him, I was wondering so to whom she had been stooping; I had never seen her stoop except to tie my little shoes.
From The Golden Slipper : and other problems for Violet Strange by Anna Katharine Green
She had been stooping to gather the fruit that clustered on a long, low, spiny stem.
From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by Basil King
Mrs. Ritson had been stooping over the griddle when Reuben entered.
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Sir Hall Caine
He wheeled around again to that over which he had been stooping, but with a repetition of the movement of flinging up the hands.
From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by Basil King
