stoop
verb (used without object)
to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position.
stooped
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past participleof stoop.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof stoop.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
stoopverb (used without object)to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position.
Example Sentences
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Then he disappeared into the nearby stand of trees and stooped down, pretending to relieve himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Ibrahim Said stooped to head in his first goal for the club before Elliott Watt capitalised on a mistake from Kasper Schmeichel.
From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025
The name "chikungunya" comes from the Kimakonde language, meaning "that which bends up," a reference to the stooped posture caused by the severe joint pain that often accompanies the infection.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2025
I stooped to embrace him and told him what I’d needed to hear as a boy.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2025
But Hanako wanted to help this stooped woman who’d said “It only me.”
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
