stoop

"I don't like to be like everybody else. I've often made the statement that I would never stoop so low as to be fashionable. That's the easiest thing in the world to do."

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

One recent 75-degree afternoon, sitting on the front stoop of the rowhouse where she lives with her dad, Burton was rubbing her hands together vigorously, as if it were cold out.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026

Hou said they found the noodle package sitting on the stoop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

We occasionally throw stoop parties that draw neighbors and strangers—a “free beer” sign and lawn chairs in our driveway won us new friends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

“He is about six feet high, crooked-legged, stoop shouldered, spare built, and anything but handsome in the face,” the paper said.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Participating artists not only play on porches and front stoops in the Mission District but also in backyards, parklets, storefronts and district venues.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Harold’s people, like me, well they could be found daydreaming in cemeteries or sipping coffee on the stoops of abandoned houses.

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026

There was nothing thriving, either, in the Voorstad neighborhood of Deventer, in the Netherlands, where in 2013 two bummed-out middle-aged men were sitting on their stoops, bemoaning the dreariness around them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

Kids race through the spray of a fire hydrant and families barbecue on their front stoops.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2023

Campbell described Isaac as “rather tall, of strong frame, stoops a little, in color ebony; sensible, intelligent, pleasant.”

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Then he disappeared into the nearby stand of trees and stooped down, pretending to relieve himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Ibrahim Said stooped to head in his first goal for the club before Elliott Watt capitalised on a mistake from Kasper Schmeichel.

From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025

The name "chikungunya" comes from the Kimakonde language, meaning "that which bends up," a reference to the stooped posture caused by the severe joint pain that often accompanies the infection.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2025

I stooped to embrace him and told him what I’d needed to hear as a boy.

From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2025

We stood quite still, not speaking, looking down upon the clear white faces of the flowers closest to us, and Maxim stooped, and picked up a fallen petal and gave it to me.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

About 40% of people in their 60s have some difficulty crouching, kneeling or stooping.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

DNA is a snooty aristocrat, never stooping to engage in day-to-day tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

Made of white Carrara marble, it depicts the pontiff in his later years, stooping and clutching a crucifix, his brow furrowed in pain.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025

“We’re fortunate to live in New York, where stooping is a thing,” Slocum said.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

He reached the spot and, stooping, picked up the shining thing.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers