The buying of necessary costly machines, such asstumping machines, tractors, threshers, headers, is beyond the financial power of an individual settler.
Still another man wanted to do some stumping on his land in co-operation with his neighbors, provided the company lent a machine and the adviser came to direct the work.
And muttering his opinion of Harvey Grannis pretty audibly, went stumping away, to his work.
Overhead they could hear the stumping of Chris Jennifer’s feet as he tumbled into his clothes with decent circumlocutions.
There was a brave breakfast cooking, and the fire was a red, shimmering slope of wood ash when Mr. Jennifer came stumping down the stairs to pause and stare in astonishment at Barbara as he opened the stairway door.
Anyhow, the Doctor amputated the leg and little Mick's stumping round on a wooden pin almost as good as ever.
Had it been Uncle Geoff alone, I think we would have told him frankly how sorry we were, and perhaps he would have got to understand us better, but of course there was Mrs. Partridge stumping in behind him.
The political candidate thus favoured scarcely allowed three days to pass without personally or by proxy stumping the Noonoon end of the electorate.
Be careful to keep one foot steadily planted within the popping-crease; it is sometimes impossible to help being bowled or caught, but the worst player in the world can always prevent the wicket-keeper stumping him.
Popper gave you just as much as he did me when he started and----" The stumping of crutches interrupted them.
Then between claps, they could hear the scurrying of feet on the roof overhead, the stumping of Captain Jack's crutches, and the issuing of sharp orders in tones that were positively cheerful!
Cap'n Jack came stumpingback from the rear of the boat in a high state of excitement and actual glee.
With scant ceremony the sergeant dragged them through the hall, Reuben stumping along after them on his wooden leg.
There is no time to be lost, if it is to be done, gentlemen," exclaimed Reuben, stumping about the room as soon as the man was gone.
Truffey went stumping through the rain and the streams to the morning school.
He and Matt walked out on the porch to wait for Chub, and, while they were sitting on the steps, Welcome Perkins turned in at the gate and came stumping toward them along the front walk.
I had gone half-a-dozen times when I caught sight, as I turned my eyes the other way thinking he might have passed by, of Tom Swatridge stumping slowly up the street.
Before we left he was stumping about on deck as hearty and cheery as ever.
The brakeman issued, stumping noisily and bringing discord into my heaven of blue and gold and comfortable warmth.
Then, seizing the paddle, he propelled the light skiff swiftly in the direction of the rock platform, where he found the old sailor stumping his beat in a terrible state of uneasiness over his prolonged absence.
The long stumping tours by all candidates did not seem to elicit the old-time enthusiasm.
She helped Jack into the pot and put the lid over him, and she had no more than done it before the giant came stumping into the room.
Presently the giant came thumping and stumpinginto the house.
The ingenious and felicitous Oswald was just going to begin about the council all over again, when the portable form of our Indian uncle came stoutly stumping down the garden path under the cedars.
With the recruits marched the veterans of 1812 and the Indian wars, the one-legged cobbler stumping along beside General Trumble, who looked very dejected and old.
Mr. Roger might wait for cool weather before he sets people to stumpingout elderberries, and that's a fact.
When you've been stumping out elderberries all the afternoon it'll take more than the Judgment Day to keep you awake all night," he said.
Tell Uncle Roger that, and say if to-morrow is the end of the world that there is no good in stumping any more fields," I suggested.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stumping" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
