stoop
Example Sentences
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Relating his journey to becoming a visual storyteller, Thomas recalled growing up in “one of the worst slums of Philadelphia,” sitting on his front stoop reading Shakespeare, James Baldwin and Tennessee Williams, immersed and transported.
From Los Angeles Times
DNA is a snooty aristocrat, never stooping to engage in day-to-day tasks.
These festive stoop setups are the product of a new seasonal micro-economy: pumpkin entrepreneurs and porch stylists.
"It would come as no surprise that he would stoop so low considering his pathetic track record of failure as governor."
From BBC
Regina George would never stoop to such lame material.
From Salon
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