stoop
verb (used without object)
to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position.
were stooping
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past progressiveof stoop.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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The grand duke might think you had dropped something and were stooping to pick it up.
From A Transient Guest and Other Episodes by Edgar Saltus
“I don’t know,” was the reply, and Perry gazed hard at the two guides, who were stooping about the fire.
From Real Gold A Story of Adventure by George Manville Fenn
And the women, bareheaded, with small blue handkerchiefs round their necks, were stooping down singing.
From International Short Stories: French by A. Cheneviere
He was working away as rapidly as possible, and we were stooping down to assist him, when José shouted out, “They are coming, they are coming!”
From Saved from the Sea The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Saharan Adventures by Edouard Riou
And lo and behold! when next Nod lifted his face he saw only moonlight shining upon the smooth trunks of trees, which in the higher branches were stooping with coloured fruit.
From The Three Mulla-mulgars by Walter De la Mare
