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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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
"You don't say!" exclaimed Palmer Billy, standing up beside the fire over which he had been stooping, as he watched for the water in the billy to come to the boil.
From Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush by Percy F. S. (Percy Frederick Seaton) Spence
And the red-headed young man, who had been stooping to pick up his gloves, straightened himself with a jerk and stood staring at her blankly and incredulously, his face slowly crimsoning.
From The Adventures of Sally by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Here a young woman, who had been stooping down digging potatoes, started up.
From American Prisoners of the Revolution by Danske Dandridge
Greg, who had been stooping, was up in time to mit the ball.
From Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point Ready to Drop the Gray for Shoulder Straps by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
