Stooped

Examples

• He stooped a little, and with his tattered blue cap pointed under the carriage. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Aristotle stooped much, and made use of a staff. Plato. The Republic.
• Two fair arms closed tenderly round his neck as he stooped down. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Sir James let his whip fall and stooped to pick it up. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• This very evening he had again stooped, gazed, and decreed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He stooped a little in walking. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He stooped, and she whispered in his ear. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Holmes turned away, and stooped suddenly to the floor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Her daughter stooped, and kissed her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• How could one so pure have stooped from her decorous and noble manner of bearing! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He rushed at the burglars, but another--it was an elderly man--stooped, picked the poker out of the grate and struck him a horrible blow as he passed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The Vengeance stooped, and the jar of a drum was heard as she moved it at her feet behind the counter. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• She could not think it he, and lay staring up at him in startled silence, till he stooped and kissed her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He stooped a good deal, and plodded along in a slow pre-occupied manner, which made the bustling London thoroughfares no very safe resort for him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Paul stooped down and proceeded--as novel-writers say, and, as was literally true in his case--to hiss into my ear some poignant words. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• There was something awful in his unconsciousness of the figure that could have put out its hand and touched him as he stooped over his labour. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He had a soul worth millions of the friends to whom he stooped! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Pitt stooped and picked them up, amazed at so much wealth. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Jane stooped to grasp the black woman by the shoulder. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• As he passed he stooped down and picked up the submachine gun and slung it over his shoulder again. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• With an admonitory gesture to keep them back, he stooped, and looked in through the crevice in the wall. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Nothing, my child, she said and stooped down and kissed him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I saw him still looking uncomfortable, watching the other cars pass and I stooped to see how the canvas was fastened. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Oliver got up; walked across the room; and stooped for an instant to raise the pitcher. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• And his shadow on the border of the pond, was watching for a few moments, then he stooped and groped on the ground. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• After standing awhile he stooped and felt the heather. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• As he stooped to place my food upon the ground I swung the chain above my head and crashed the links with all my strength upon his skull. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• He stooped and kissed the women of his family, and laid his strong hand upon the shoulders of the men. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Holmes stooped to the water-jug, moistened his sponge, and then rubbed it twice vigorously across and down the prisoner's face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Stanley Hopkins drew the key from his pocket and had stooped to the lock, when he paused with a look of attention and surprise upon his face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

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