Example Sentences

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No previous governor has stooped to that sort of pettiness.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2022

She added: “The attorney general has stooped to such levels. What a sad disappointment to our country.”

From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2020

The cancer eating her father’s stomach has stooped his once-athletic form.

From Washington Times • Nov. 21, 2016

At the time of writing it remains a wreck, girders protruding, chimney stacks exposed, the building open to the sky as if a passing giant has stooped to take a bite before lumbering on.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2015

This person has stooped, narrow shoulders and a prowling kind of walk.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish