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

She had stooped stiffly, because of the burden she bore, and she moved more slowly than he, so that they cut unevenly, his row ahead, and hers behind.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck