stoop
verb (used without object)
to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position.
had stooped
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past perfectof stoop.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But many hip-hop heads were disappointed at how low the rappers had stooped.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024
But most crucially, the report concluded that Durkan’s people had stooped to this level of hyperliteral parsing precisely to cover over that the texts were lost.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2021
The choice drew widespread criticism, with some readers writing in to say that the paper had stooped to tabloid titillation.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 15, 2016
Others griped that This American Life had stooped to fearmongering.
From Slate ● Jan. 18, 2013
Ron had stooped down and picked up something silver.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
