Stooping once, he caught up a sword from the ground.
He had difficulty in restraining himself, but by stooping to give her fox-terrier a piece of cake, he was able to conceal his consternation.
Another move towards the sleeping man, and he was near the bed; another, and he was beside it, stooping over.
This surely was the ghost of Mahommed Selim--this gaunt, stooping figure covered with dust.
But to-day she had only her brooms, and tying them on her shoulders, she held the cords crossed over her bosom, stooping a little under their weight.
Ebben Owens said nothing, as he walked into the house, stooping more than usual, and looking ten years older.
And in the garden Will found Sara stoopingover her herb bed, and deeply intent upon her task.
Gaining the door, where the fresh night air met her with refreshing coolness, she saw the tall, stooping figure moving slowly up the stony road, followed by the dejected Tudor, and in a moment was at his side.
She had only been in the garden a few moments when she saw some one, in a stooping posture, running swiftly towards the fowl-run.
He was tall and, from much stooping over books or the work of his garden, was round-shouldered.
Too young for so dismal a sight," says Dysart, stooping over and patting Mabel's sunny curls with a kindly touch.
Beauclerk, giving him a playful pat on his shoulder, and stoopingfrom his chair to do it, as Dysart still sits upon the grass.
So stooping down, he whispered to a very little bird to open its eyes.
She sought a neighboring hiding-place, where she might watch unseen, and found a tree, a broad old ash, which spread its stooping boughs over the surface of a silent pool.
She stretched her arms above her head so that she might know when the time for stooping came.
All right," cried Tommy, stooping and setting to work furiously.
This stooping position might have been inconvenient to another person; but long habit made it, whether seated or walking, perfectly easy to the worthy Bailie.
They were crowding round the fallen man, stooping over him with awe-struck whispering, straightening the crumpled, inert limbs, trying to place the heavy frame in a natural posture.
He began to walk towards the field-gate; this movement did catch her eye, for in a minute her hand was on his arm, and she was stooping forward to look into his face.
Molly stood on tip-toe to try and see the black stone thus named; but Sylvia, stooping and peeping through the glimpses afforded between the arms of the moving people, saw it first, and told the blind old man it was still above water.
Sylvia, stooping to take off his heavy clogged shoes; while Bell took the posset out of the oven.
She turned towards the bed where the child, relieved by the ice compresses, lay apparently asleep and stooping over its delicate little face kissed its closed eyes.
He walked with unsteady steps, stooping forward, and rubbing his hands, while a delighted smile overspread his countenance.
Clotilde was speaking, and hotly maintaining that Inocencio's Stooping to Conquer or Conquering to Stoop was better than A New Drama.
The sill of this window stands a bare foot above the causeway, and glancing down into the room as you pass, you will see the shoulders of a woman stooping over a wash-tub.
As I bent the bramble carefully aside, before stooping over the water, Lizzie Polkinghorne came up the lane and halted behind me.
Steve, stooping and patting the animal's shaggy neck; "what is it, old fellow?
Steve, stooping to give the walrus some sounding slaps, which were evidently appreciated.
Then, stooping down, he lifted the dog in his arms, reached up and placed the paws well over the side of the boat, where he hung a good seven feet above the deck.
The gentlemen were stooping down, as if looking for something on the floor.
The latter, oblivious of the murderer’s persistent attempts to shoot him, was stooping over his wounded friend endeavoring to stay the frightful loss of blood from the blow given him by the native.
Stooping to get a better view through the hazel stems, I saw them swing and shake some eighty yards above me, and caught a glimpse at the same moment of something lighter in colour than the covert passing through it.
All hands were lifted now, making an arch, through which Evesham, holding Nancy by the hands, raced stooping and laughing.
See here," she said, stooping over a basket in the shadow of the chimney.
The abbess put her arm round her waist, whilestooping to look.
Stooping over to examine them better in the uncertain light, he noted also that they were not his own, but larger, and made by some one wearing boots.
It came from Tom; she saw that; Francis was stooping down at the time, collecting material for a fresh missive.
Susannah, then stooping to take the sugar-basin out of the side-board, rose, turned sharply round and fixed her eyes on John.
In the first place, the day after would be the very reason; but my marriage was a commercial speculation," replied he, stooping to speak into my ear.
His idea seems to be that Davidson, stooping between the poles of the big electro-magnet, had some extraordinary twist given to his retinal elements through the sudden change in the field of force due to the lightning.
The next thing I noticed after the gesture about the razor was to catch myself bowing ineffably when I met Delia, and stooping in an old-fashioned, courtly way over her hand.
One struck his trail in the meadow grass, and came stooping and feeling his way along it.
Just as he was stooping over a particularly prolific plant, there was a flash in the air and a heavy thud, and before he could look round, some heavy body struck him violently from behind.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stooping" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
