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.
were 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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From the small stage a member of Parliament from Ms. Souhail’s alliance sounded suspiciously as if he were stumping for votes, which is against the salon’s rules.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2010
Yet he and his Cabinet colleagues were stumping the countryside, pleading with the German people to abide by the Parliament's decision and accept the call to arms when it came.
From Time Magazine Archive
While the Eisenhower men were thus expressing confidence, Ohio's Senator Robert A. Taft and his managers and organizations were stumping around the U.S. scooping up pledged delegates.
From Time Magazine Archive
I asked him to excuse me a moment, and ran into the next room, which was Cable's; Cable and I were stumping the Union on a reading tour.
From Chapters from My Autobiography by Twain, Mark
California was on the eve of an important election, and John A. Bingham of Ohio and Senator Cole were stumping the State for the Republican party.
From Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
