stump
noun
the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
was stumping
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past progressiveof stump.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“I don’t know if it’s sunk in this place around here,” Ms. Greene vented as she headed for the elevators and then for Manchester, N.H., where she was stumping for the former president.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
Senate candidate Tiffany Smiley was stumping on a bus tour out in Eastern Washington towns such as Ritzville, Davenport, Colville and Liberty Lake.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2022
Kei Sato, the politician Abe was stumping for when he was shot and killed, was reelected in Sunday’s upper house election.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2022
In one, from 1968, Kennedy was stumping with Newsom’s father, Bill, who was running for the State Senate.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 29, 2018
An unsmiling woman in uniform, ticket booklet in hand, was stumping towards them when Ginika jumped in and started the car.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
