| 单词 | stoop |
| 例句 | I stooped to pick up my things, careful to keep a watch around me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My father crossed the room, and I saw him stoop and drop a kiss on my mother’s forehead. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He stooped and slid his hands beneath her body, expecting to touch blood, but not touching it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When I look up again, Simon, Garrett, and Nick have caught up to us on the stoop. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Bessie stooped; we mutually embraced, and I followed her into the house quite comforted. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “You can’t figure it out?” she flashed that famous smile, white teeth in the prettiest black face in Harlem, and disappeared into her hallway leaving me on the stoop. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z His aunty dashed into the hut, and soon his father came out, eyes red-rimmed, looking more stooped than Ugwu remembered. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I start to get up from the stoop. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “He wouldn’t have hidden it inside,” Emily murmured, turning on the front stoop to survey the area. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I get up from the stoop and start pacing, my mind buzzing. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I hoped the medicines would help her husband’s stooping back and her aching head. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z A Fairfax newspaper published an editorial arguing that the bombing was beyond comprehension—“beyond our power to realize that humans would stoop so low.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He stooped and picking up a large stone he cast it far into the dark water. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Tears of weakness and protest ran down Mercy’s cheeks as Rachel stooped to take off her oldest daughter’s shoes. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z We found him jumping at the gobbler that had run up a stooping liveoak and was perched there, panting, just waiting for me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment the wizard stood looking at the fire; then he stooped and removed the ring to the hearth with the tongs, and at once picked it up. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Because I’m hairy, ugly, dirty, stooped, snaggle-toothed, and gray. And also I feel sick from the radiation; I think I’m going to die.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “He wouldn’t have hidden it inside,” Emily murmured, turning on the front stoop to survey the area. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He stooped down and put his arms around Adam’s shoulders and helped him to his feet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The prince glared back at Jemmy, and then stooped down to retrieve the broken leg of a chair from the mud. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z He clambered on to a great tree-root that wound down into the stream, and stooping drew up some water in his cupped hands. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He looked as if he could use an oiling himself—he moved quite creakily, and with a pronounced stoop, so that he truly seemed as old as he appeared in his disguise. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “There’s something on the back stoop,” she repeats before walking away. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He started to say hello to the three boys standing in front of his stoop, but the word died in his throat when they turned around. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He stooped down and brought up a handful of gray sand. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I pictured Veronica going home to meet her friends on the stoop to talk about her liberator, this Izzy. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Fred didn’t appear to be in any hurry to go home, so we went back outside and sat on the front stoop. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Gregor guessed she might be around his grandma’s age, but his grandma was stooped and moved painfully from arthritis. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He stoops, hands on his belt, and bends close to whisper in her ear. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Reverend Moorehead was a tall sad man with a stoop and a tendency to give his sermons startling titles. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Men passed on their way to work, looked at the window from behind which the screams were coming and then looked at Johnny huddled on the stoop and a somber look came over their faces. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She was so used to seeing him seated, a face and a torso, that the first time she saw him walking, his gait saddened her: his shoulders stooped, as though burdened by lingering losses. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Chestnutt hopped over and nuzzled Ayanna’s leg, and the pilot stooped over, picked her up, and buried her face in the bunny’s fur. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A little boy dropped a cloth bundle and scampered after it, and I stooped to pick it up at the same time he did. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I stooped down and reached for the book. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought he was back in the Bag End garden looking for something; but he had a heavy pack on his back, which made him stoop. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z After that he looks like a midwestern bank president, with his straight neatly brushed silver hair, his sober posture, shoulders a little stooped. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Jethro started his team going; when he had gone a little way, he looked back and waved to the stooped figure at the roadside. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the street in front of the tavern a bum man on the stoop. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z "Major and Sonny been lookin' for you," said a little boy on the stoop. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z In midflight the dragon-Ged raised wings, stopped, and stooped as the hawk stoops, talons outstretched downward, striking and bearing the other down by neck and flank. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He stood under the eaves of the forest, stooping forward, as if he were listening, and peering with wide eyes into the shadows. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I follow an uncharacteristically grim Oscar out onto the front stoop. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He stood at the top of the stoop and stared out into the busy street, but not at anything or anyone in particular. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z This time they would stoop over each pile, and taking up a handful of the stalks in each hand they would knot them together to make a longer strand. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z But last week, Moss had seen Rafael put on his mother’s heels on the front stoop and confidently walk down his driveway, pretending that the world was flashing cameras at him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z His shoulders were stooped and his knees shook. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Besides, old women must know something, or they wouldn’t live to gather wrinkles and yell from their front stoops. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We were on the front stoop and I was pulling my brogans on. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He stooped to remove his shoes, damp with the heavy dews of pasture and field. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z And three old men with black coats, white armbands, and sidelocks sat on the stoop of the opposite building, staring dispassionately at me from across the street. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She was stooping over it when Daddy came out of the house. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She was super old, well into her nineties, stooped and frail, completely blind. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Huge Greek medallions showed in spots of light upon its façade, above a dark labyrinthine pattern in the stone, and I propped her against the stoop with its carved stone monster. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There were lights on in the houses and boys our age, fifteen and above, sat on the verandahs and stoops. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She sat on the stoop, listening to the voices of her parents rising and falling like stormy winds. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A stooped, gray-haired white man approached him one Sunday and invited him to his shop. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The stoops along 145th always looked more or less the same, cracked steps with people either standing on them or sitting on them because life got too depressing in their apartments. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I walk back to the stoop, and Taylor leaps up right away. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I quickly stood up as he came into my vicinity, stooping a trifle in order not to look disrespectfully tall. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Francie held the books close and hurried home, resisting the temptation to sit on the first stoop she came to, to start reading. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The front door hung open, Ma standing on the stoop with her hands crossed over her chest. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z As for the dog, he’s sort of taken on his master’s stooped look, muzzle down, neck straining. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z There Javier stood on the stoop, a giant grin on his face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She looked out and there Needles was, sitting on the stoop next door, going off like nobody's business! When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The table was so long you couldn’t see that far underneath without getting down on your hands and knees, and Aunt Anne was much too dignified to stoop to any such level. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The street was crowded and loud, kids running up and down the block and people sitting on stoops talking. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z He ripped its innards out and stooped to lap blood straight from the bowl of the torn carcass, his crazed eyes peeping over the rim, glittering with rage and hate and mad fulfillment. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see him open the storm door and stoop. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Aunt Pearl would be sitting on the stoop, waving the fan the undertaker gave away at summer funerals. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I shimmy my shoulders, clap one time, do a little two-step with my feet while still sitting on the stoop, a little dance move with my hands, and Charlise figures it out real quick. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She saw him fully, and marveled at the contrast he made with the plump Butler, the stooped and languid Scholars. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Thus he had passed over Enlad, stooping down to drink at a lonely forest pool, but on the wing again at once, driven by fear of the shadow that came behind him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He saw the man stoop and poke the shovel into the ashes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z A guy named Cobby was on the stoop showing off his new puppy and another guy was pretending like he wanted to buy it to feed to his pit bull. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “Pardon me,” Javier says, stooping to pick glass off the floor from my weed killer. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Anyway, lemme throw it out on the stoop and see if the cat licks it up. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma and Pa were sitting on the stoop. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The Homework Questions Where are you going? he asks, sitting on the front stoop. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Sad, sad. A business down the drain, unhappy young idealists stooping to forgery to get even.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z An inmate, perhaps surrounded by empty gas cans, stooping to light a match. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was returning from a gathering at St. Edwards Secondary School that: evening when I saw this light-skinned, skinny boy with bony cheeks sitting on the stoop by himself. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But then I trail off—mostly because Bryce and Aurora have appeared on the stoop, and Bryce is still holding the lamp. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Fledge visited the river too but he only stood in midstream, stooping down for a long drink of water and then shaking his mane and neighing several times. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z "See? See? That's what you'll get! I meant that! There isn't a tribe for you any morel The conch is gone-" He ran forward, stooping. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z An Orc stooped over him, and flung him some bread and a strip of raw dried flesh. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But in Ibarra, I am dazed and dull and stooped over while the world happens around me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry - threw it to miss. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Izzi slips in and sits at the end of my pallet, small enough that she doesn’t need to stoop to avoid hitting her head. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She stooped over, losing her balance, and began to tuck in the blankets of Ramona’s bed. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Fourteen people out on the stoops, sitting around because there wasn’t any boring thing else to do in boring Marysville. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The primer slipped out from her fingers and landed on the stoop’s wood floor. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I tied the horse out front, waited for my insides to quit shaking, then stepped onto the stoop. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Not all of them served, but they can remember, and they love nothing better than to sit on the stoops and spout off about the old days. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He stooped and scraped with a shovel, digging irrigation ditches by hand. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Inigo took a step from his stoop, trying desperately to make his eyes focus through the brandy. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Then she stoops, speeding toward her prey at two hundred miles an hour, the fastest animal on earth. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They were offended to think that any Mexican man would have stooped so low as to be with a Guatemalan woman to create me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Liyana stooped to see a chicken gobble a plump green caterpillar. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z At once they found themselves in a rock-chamber, wide and rough, with an uneven stooping roof. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I peered through the opening without entering, although I knew that wiry scarecrow form, stooped over the row of hens squatting in small dresser drawer-like boxes. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z They broke apart wooden crates and stooped over smoky campfires, feeding the flames. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Miss Josie and Mr. Jeet sat on the brownstone stoop, a fleece blanket spread over their laps, keeping an eye on things. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She came all the way out on the stoop. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z In celebration I stooped down to pick it up. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Dressed in faded, threadbare GoreTex, a couple of months shy of his sixty-ninth birthday, Pete was a gangly, slightly stooped man who had returned to the high reaches of the Himalaya after a long absence. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z With a hammer and two threepenny nails in hand, Stella Armijo emerged from her low adobe farmhouse one morning while Herbie reclined on his front stoop trying to read a book. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of waving back, however, both men stooped over to gather more rocks. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Although he was stooped with age, it was easy to see how tall he once had been. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z His name was Burden; he was a tall, brown, stooped man and when I was introduced to him I rose and shook his hand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Quentin had to stoop and brush away some of the cedar needles to read the next one. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z I was on the stoop with Chris trying to explain this crazy plant. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He stopped on the corner of 12th, and it was impossible for him to look at anything except that stoop. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He sat on the stoop and began reading Julius Caesar. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He never visits it more than once or twice a year, and even then, he never stoops to entering a Red village like mine. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z Bono and I crawled along a row and put ourselves in the way of one man who stooped there, suckering plants. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z "Yo, Needles," Noodles said in his usual gruff tone as soon as we got to the stoop, "you partying with us or what?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He was walking fast, like he had someplace important to be, but he stopped at a couple of stoops to say hi to people. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Kat restrains my hand and stoops over him. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Not the wafer and the wine, but the flesh and the blood, vibrant and alive, and vibrant even when stooped, ancient and withered. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The gentleman who was shown in was still fairly young - perhaps around forty or so - tall and thin; tall enough, in fact, that he was obliged to stoop to enter the doorway of the cottage. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z When we had a house, I used to sit on his lap on the stoop, and we’d watch the night stars. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z I stepped out on Mrs. Brown’s back stoop and scaled and cleaned the perch. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z A seven-step stoop, an old-school buzzer box, and Christmas lights in one of the neighbor’s windows that I could tell had been there all year long. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He puts it down on the stoop, like lamps always live on stoops. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Stiff black hair flecked with gray, a stoop accentuated by an oversize sweater. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Kit followed him into the swamp and stooped to gather great armfuls of the long grasses that fell behind his scythe. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She did not stoop towards me, but only gazed, leaning back in her chair. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I sniffed the looseness back down in my nose then went out on the stoop. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z And with a piercing cry out of the dim sky fell the winged shadows, the Nazgûl stooping to the kill. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Not even to the stoop to hang out with my boys on the block. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z My brain got itself caught on that other word: stoop. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I sat there on the stoop and thought about the nonsense Chris was talking. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The owner—a fat man in a Mets cap—shrieked, stooped partway to the floor in consternation, then sprang up, cursing, as if to grab the retreating Henry by the collar. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z On the way he stopped at the house refrigerator and peered inside, stooping down myopically to inspect the contents. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The young woman sitting on the stoop out back looked vaguely familiar. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When I got downstairs Ice was on the stoop with Willie King. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Cyrus walked to the kitchen stoop before he stopped and raised his head. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The one called Rhine read the postcard and then came and stooped down beside her chair. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z We stooped over and crossed the garden, where the flowers rasped and rattled against us. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had heard your serving man was dead,” said the one with the stooped shoulder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The sight seemed to touch him very much, for suddenly stooping down, he asked in a tone that meant a great deal, “Heart’s dearest, why do you cry?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d brought up our mugs of tea, and we were sitting in my room, side by side on the mattress, our heads slightly stooped because of the rafters. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A minute later they came into her line of sight: dirty, sweaty men with sloping shoulders and stooped postures. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We sat gasping for breath on my front stoop. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The lean, pretty woman I knew as a boy has become a small, slightly stooped, cute, feisty old lady. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z One summer day when I was about ten, I sat on a stoop, chatting with a group of girls my age. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He’s almost stooped over, as though he’s in pain, and when he shakes my hand his grip is weaker than before. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Javier is stooped over me, holding me up with one arm, while his other arm is curved around the back of my neck. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She twirls and twirls and an old man sitting on his front stoop claps. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z He was stooped and ugly, with an unkempt beard and unwashed clothes, yet Father greeted him pleasantly and asked his name. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He shuffled along kicking them into a pile and when he had an armful he stooped and gathered them up and called the boy and the boy answered and talked him back to the bridge. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z No true frontiersman would ever stoop to use it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They wound their way through the packed bookshelves, taking a detour by the crafts section so Emily could stoop down and check on the Inkheart book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He sat on the floor, hunched over his arm, shoulders stooped. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He was stooped over and had a hard time straightening up. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z No brownstones with the cement stoops where you could watch the buses, ice cream trucks, and taxis ride by. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z But Ged stooped and plucked a blade of wild grass that poked up dry and frail out of the snow where the otak had lain dead. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Then a telephone buzzed, and while the nurse answered it, Lyra stooped quickly to recover the other tin, the one containing the spy-fly, and put it in the pouch with file alethiometer. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z At a deli we buy stuffed grape leaves and hot wings and Burmese beer and eat quickly with our hands on someone’s overheated stoop. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked heavily out of the room, his shoulders stooped, his face old and torn with pain. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He stooped and put his ear to the floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He stooped a bit and gave me a hug, then tousled my hair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They set the arch-sinner in a pool in Hades, but whenever in his tormenting thirst he stooped to drink he could not reach the water. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry put Hagrid’s pouch back around his neck, pulled on a final sweater, stooped to pick up Hermione’s wand, and faced Ron again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Pa walked out onto the stoop and pulled the door shut behind him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The smoke from the hearth escaped through the roof, and the only opening was a low doorway one had to stoop to walk through. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Look!’ he cried; and stooping he lifted from the ground a black cloak that had lain there hidden by the darkness. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He was frozen in a stooped posture, as if he’d been trying to dislodge his feet as ice overtook the rest of him. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The tape started with me going down the street around from the fried chicken joint and then along the stoops. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Needles and Noodles were sitting on the stoop, waiting for me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I headed for the front door, then down the stoop to the sidewalk. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Alfred slowed down as hundreds of people came off stoops and street corners, and poured out of bars toward four cruisers parked behind Epsteins'. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m still on the stoop, my face pressed into my knees. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z And he stooped and took up a handful of the soil and he held it and he muttered, “If you sell the land, it is the end.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z They killed a little girl just about 2 months ago and she was just sitting on her stoop. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z He stooped over Pippin, bringing his yellow fangs close to his face. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She's stooping now, putting her briefcase flat on the porch floor. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Small as they were, they had to stoop a little to go in. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z People were sitting out on their fire escapes or on their front stoops trying to catch a breeze. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He stooped to go under the doorway and went out. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Trub nods respectfully at Sis before stooping to kiss Ma on the cheek. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z It was not easy to walk, stoop, and lift loads, after the days in the truck. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z There on the tiny railed stoop sat Pecola in a light red sweater and blue cotton dress. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat on a filthy stoop and pondered. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Of their own stooping forms no shadow could be seen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I cannot believe you would stoop this low! I told you I would not go anywhere near your loony cousin!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She stooped down, and the moment she fastened its worn straps under his scaled belly and tightened them, she relaxed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He followed her down the steps, across the gravel driveway, to the back stoop of the elementary school. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z A few seconds later, we were all huddled on the back stoop. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The pungent fragrance filled the dell, and all those who stooped over the steaming water felt refreshed and strengthened. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I never knew what time he went to bed, though his tired, stooped body and his haggard face made it clear that he was sleeping very little. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z We even changed the rules of stoop ball, of which I was the absolute King of the World, to include bases when more than one kid played. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Two dozen or more children raced out the door, few of them touching the three steps that led from the stoop to the ground. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though he was beat up, dirty, and stooped with exhaustion, he’d had an aura of power. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Plus, I could sit with him, which was cool because I was getting tired of always sitting on my stoop all the time. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Nick’s sitting alone on the stoop, tapping his fingers on the edge of the bricks. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z "Come here, Roland," he said, stretching to see over the stone stoop banister. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z They were the only children in the house, so there was always room on the stoop. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As he walked across the Ballroom he had to stoop quite a lot to avoid hitting the ceiling. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A walk of broken random flags, speared by fresh coarse blades of grass, led to the broken stoop. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She was standing one step below him on his front stoop. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z With that he walked alone around the corner and stared ahead at the skinny fellow sitting clutching the brandy bottle on the stoop. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “It was a drive-by. Bullet ricocheted. Benny was on the stoop, waiting for me to come home.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z At the furthest point Aragorn stooped and picked up something from the grass; then he ran back. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Alex came over, and the three of us played Four Square in front of his stoop. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z My father was a stage actor, six feet tall and slightly stoop shouldered. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear a high squeak as I approach the stoop. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z My block is my block and any- and everybody can come chill on our stoop. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I stoop to catch him, but then I let him plow me down. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z When they got back to Alfred's stoop, James started jumping up and down, pounding on his chunky chest and howling so loud people leaned out of their windows to watch. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z And I know for sure it was our father's first time sitting on the stoop with us. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Koffi stooped to help, but the old man held up a hand, wary. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z All God’s creatures have names, whether they slither across our path or show up for sale at our front stoop: bushbuck, mongoose, tarantula, cobra, the red-and-black monkey called ngonndo, geckos scurrying up the walls. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He stooped to put her in the trunk. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z His shoulders stooped as though he bore a great weight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The birds were chattering in the overhanging trees, sitting on their stoops telling all the bird gossip. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He stooped to fumble with the metal clasp, then started violently, jerking upright. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “The woman? What woman?...” the old lady began, but the slave girl at her side stooped and whispered and the lady recovered herself. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z As she went farther back she had to stoop. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The floodwaters were rising in the parking lot, inching closer and closer to the stoops outside the motel room doors. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He stooped, picked up the Horcrux, and placed it around his own neck. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When I ran back up on our stoop, Ma’s and Pa’s faces were wet with tears. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I knew it was Dad, but at the same time, I couldn’t believe he’d stoop this low. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “The little guys were wiggling and squirming so much that they knocked the box sideways and off the stoop!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I sit down on the front stoop and grab a handful of snow. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I remember quite clearly what he looked like: tall, slightly stooped, dark hair cut short, brown eyes that seemed to focus two inches behind the bridge of my nose, and that acne. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Kat stands before me, his gigantic, stooping shadow falls upon me, like home. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z When we reached the front stoop, the black curtains above us fluttered, meaning my parents were watching out our window, waiting to see if I got home. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Occasionally he'd stop, stoop down, and try to feel the far end of the box. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z All of ’em had to have a stoop and a picket fence and a flower garden out front and had to be exactly ten paces off the road. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z ‘Well, my little fellows!’ said he, stooping so that he peered into their faces. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Lefty was waiting for us on the stoop, munching on a chicken drumstick. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “We must not stoop to dirty weapons, even if our enemies do.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We had reached my stoop and the usual dudes were there. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z All over Brooklyn, folks were heading out to their stoops and strolling the avenues to take in another warm New York night. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z "Either that or sit on the stoop for the rest of the night." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z She hopes he might bring home something from the farm, potatoes, cabbage, turnips, carrots, but he’ll never bring home anything because he’d never stoop so low as to ask a farmer for anything. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Even a few old people that could only walk stooped over like turtles. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Celine stepped over the side of the boat and put a hand on Ruth May’s head, then stooped down and looked in her eyes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a unit in a brown brick building divided into four homes, with a chain-link fence, several feet of grass out front, and three steps leading up to a small cement stoop. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Ged pushed it open and entered, stooping nearly double to do so. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Afterward he walked through the snow to the Garden City depot, a work-worn old man, stooped and thinned-down by the cancer that would kill him a few months hence. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat together on the stoop and briefly talked about our childhood pranks. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “You can hit a baseball so high that God can catch it without stooping. You don’t have to be fast at painting shutters.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Squatting in a cane field, stooping in a cotton field, kneeling by a river bank, they had carried a world on their heads. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She smiled as she stooped down to pick it up. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She forgot every word of it, hung her head, and answered, “I don’t know,” so softly that John had to stoop down to catch the foolish little reply. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “There seems to be something written here,” said Polly, stooping down and looking at the side of the pillar. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Then he straightened, and all the way home he wanted to raise his right arm to the ringside crowd on the stoops. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while he came outside and sat on the stoop and watched us play. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex followed as Mac led them into the living room, where a tiny, stooped old lady sat on the sofa. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “My word!” said Mary Poppins admiringly, stooping so that she could see it better. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Slowly Brand stooped and tugged at one end of a steel tier. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My cheeks tingle with shame as I stoop to pick up the dented breadbox. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Joe walked around it, looking in and stooping down, and for a while she thought maybe he wasn’t going on at all. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He saw me stoop, pick up the stone. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Sitting on the stoop with that and a mug of tea, I watch the sun go down as I eat my lunch. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z One of them stooped and picked up a bit of round metal and held it close to his eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Short and slightly stooped, she retained an exotic beauty. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I sat on a tenement stoop and pressed my hands over my face. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She stooped swiftly to my looking-glass and dabbed her face with powder. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There was no stoop as a store occupied the street floor of the house. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In his wake came another man, a tall, stooped figure with a dark cloak folded about him like drooping wings. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z But Strider was now leaning forward, stooped to the ground, with a hand to his ear, and a look of joy on his face. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She made it onto the front stoop, but her hand must have been shaking really badly, because it took her a long while to get in. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z "It might serve to carry nightsoil. If you threw it away, I might pick it up, so long as I did not need to stoop. But pay for it?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The farmer in Wang Lung was diverted for an instant and he stooped to examine the budding heads. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Tom, the stooped and toothless landlord, was polishing glasses behind the bar counter; a couple of warlocks having a muttered conversation in the far corner glanced at Hermione and drew back into the shadows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I raced back to the Captain’s house where I nearly fell over the door stoop, panting out my terror. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I stooped and tied his shoelaces for him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Davis stoops, her flats shiny, her hands on her knees. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z They searched the coffin, the hearse, all of us, and two guys who were just sitting on their stoop, but they didn’t find anything because naturally there wasn’t anything to find. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee came out on the stoop to meet them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Staring at stoop after stoop, I thought about my mother. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Let me tell you, when Presbyterians start to dance on the front stoop, you know that something big has happened. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z A striped coat—a long tail—a great head, stooping to drink. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Being called to stand to arms again, we rose, stooping, and took up our muskets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He sat on the stoop and trembled each time Katie cried out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Oliver looked up to see Angie waving at him from the stoop of her building. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Mother and Adah keep saying they might come over to visit, and if they could cross an entire ocean, you would think Leah could stoop to taking a bus. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There they stood, stooping in a circle round the little dancing and blowing flames. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Cora crawled to it, stooping beneath the rafters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z And when he leaves our front stoop and walks down the block with a little bop to his step while looking back at Charlise, I say, “I know you’re not that thirsty.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z In the distance he looked like an old man, his shoulders stooped, but he walked with the swift space-covering gait of a young man. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z On the warm days, Francie played alone on the streets or on the stoop. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Four stoops in a row had kids on them and the fifth had some gang-bangers so I skipped them. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I was stooping over mine, my hair falling onto the pages, covering up the definition of myself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His beard had gone almost completely gray, and he sat stooped forward, bent, as though he were carrying something on his shoulders. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z A stooping figure bearing a lantern appeared through the door behind the bar. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z And every regular day, we would just hang on the stoop. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z They leap in front of each other to attract attention to their goods, but the visitors ignore them, stooping instead to examine ordinary wood carvings and beaded jewelry. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But she saw him look carefully at her, at her thin gray hair, her stooped shoulders and gnarled hands, and knew that he could not comprehend yet how she had become what she now was. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Just when you’re getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When he was a few feet away, he stood, stooping over his staff, with his head thrust forward, peering at them from under his hood. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then she stooped, the wind singing in her feathers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z With his shoulders slumped, he stoops and slowly sits on the ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked in our door and came in and stooped over the bed and kissed me on the forehead. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s no use asking Dad to go because he will never stoop that low and even if he did he won’t carry things through the streets. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I hurry forward, easing my way through the web of people, stooping to hide along the way. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In the mornings, he stooped just a tad. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Good, good! oh, you so clever lady!” said Van Helsing, enthusiastically, as he stooped and kissed her hand. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Mrs. Middleton waved at Sierra from her stoop. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The gentleman was stoop shouldered and one of the ladies was fat. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He stooped over and kissed me very delicately on the forehead. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Instead, the diners watched and listened to her as she stooped murmuring at each place, scraping the serving spoon and fork across the silver platter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The village hag, she was a tiny, stooped woman with a dull red mark on her right cheek and wayward hairs upon her chin. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z ‘Get up, old stone!’ he said, and broke his stick upon the stooping troll. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Now it is Bon who does not answer, who sits on the log looking at the face stooped above him. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z I stooped under Dad’s arm where it rested against the door frame and walked into the house. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “I thought I heard someone on the stoop.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The elderly novelist, tall and stooped, was genuinely glad for news of Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He had slightly stooped shoulders, as if his spine and neck had frozen in place after too much time hunched over a keyboard. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The minute I step outside my door, Warren shows up on my stoop with that smooth smile of his. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Was it a shadow, or a slight stooped figure? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I stood on our stoop and stared up the block. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He had to stoop sideways to do this. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z So in the warm summer days the lonesome child sat on her stoop and pretended disdain for the group of children playing on the sidewalk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The man in the canoe stoops and picks up something that looks like a very large pinecone with spiky green shoots coming out of one end. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He lowered his gaze to my face like a lion stooping to smell a daisy. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I wanted to take in his every move among the people, to witness the telling presence that I’d seen glimpses of but on a much smaller scale, at the office, on building stoops, inside restaurants. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z His hand gripped the shoulder of Horatio, who stooped slightly to him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Then she stooped and put her hand through the fence and set the toad free. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He stooped and with one hand caught hold of her arm and with the other he lifted the bundle of bedclothes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Someone else was moving not far away, stooping over another prone figure on the ground. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I watched her as she walked home, where I knew she would sit on the stoop of our building and wait for Mom to come back. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Alfred moved carefully down the snow- slick stoop, and around the side. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He waited on the stoop until twilight, pretending to watch the sun melt into the dirty gray Harlem sky. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But when Sister Ursula stooped to kiss her, Francie saw that she had a fine fringe of hair on her upper lip and chin. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Dalton stooped slowly, her hands trembling in the air. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He stooped again and lifted up a long thin knife. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I see it every time I walk past the bodega and see her sitting on the stoop. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Shortly stooped to pick it up and the white man bared his teeth and swung his foot into Shorty’s rump with all the strength of his body. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He watches as she ascends quickly up the stoop with her shopping bags, her heels suspended over the treads in a way that looks precarious. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Comments that upset you so much, you stooped even lower than usual, so low it looked like you wanted to hide your head inside your chest. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z His coat of mail hung lose from his stooping shoulders. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Before we could stop him, the older man was stooped over holding onto the front door window, looking into the backseat of our car. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Through the veil, from the corner of her eye, Mariam saw a tall man, thick-bellied and broad-shouldered, stooping in the doorway. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Who was to know if she sat on the stoop until she heard the crinkle of the midwife’s starched wimple? The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the pictures is of me and her outside on the stoop. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z He was a tall man with a horseshoe of white hair around his pate and the stoop that came from years of field work. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He stooped and drew out of a tussock, into which some heavy foot had trampled it, a short jagged blade. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z And for that reason alone, it enticed him to stoop and look further. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was standing in the doorway, stooping a little to fit. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I sit down on the stoop and he does the same. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z No music from next door, no loud talking on the stoop, even the rats scratching in the wall are quieter. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Caesar pictured his father cutting cane in a Florida hell, burning his flesh as he stooped over the big kettles of molten sugar. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z "Would you sit on that stoop if you was me?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I can see Daddy on the stoop as I get close to the apartment. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Vega had stooped down to make an adjustment that nobody had asked him to make. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z "Hurry, Doctor," a man called from the stoop, "she's already in labor!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Lourdes prefers to confront reality—the brownstones converted to tenements in a matter of months, the garbage in the streets, the jaundice-eyed men staring vacantly from the stoops. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He shuffled sideways and stooped down again and dipped into the muck with both hands. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I never thought that you would stoop so low. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A vase of artificial flowers and other modest decorative knickknacks stood on a windowsill, and there was a bed of marigolds by the freshly painted stoop. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He looked around for likely confirmation and pointed to a tall, stooped man of fifty years. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She stooped to hide under the shade of a cluster of huisache trees, looking almost translucent. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Tyrion glanced at the door, where a man had just come in: tall and stooped, his pointed beard dyed a splotchy purple. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All the twigs had turned to lace, and the trees were stooped with snow. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He was an Italian with stooped shoulders and a sad, doughy nose. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But as the day wore on and all too soon the dim light began to fail, Frodo stooped again, and began to stagger, as if the renewed effort had squandered his remaining strength. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The two of us sat on the stoop for a while. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He brushed away the tears, and stooped to pick up the green shield that Éowyn had given him, and he slung it at his back. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Hopping out, he hurried along the edge of the road, stopped, stooped, picked up one, two, three, four empty Coca-Cola bottles, ran back, and hopped in, happy and grinning. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Shady stooped to step inside, accidentally kicking one five-gallon jug against another. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He lingered on the stoop, eyebrows pulled into a concerned W. “I asked some people in the village where you lived.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Runcorn was so tall that Harry was forced to stoop to make sure his big feet were hidden. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His back was more stooped than I remembered, and he was awkwardly using his hands to take the weight of the pipe off his shoulder. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He nodded vaguely and walked slowly away, his tall frame somewhat stooped. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z When we got there Ma pushed me forward onto the stoop to knock. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z After a while he came outside and sat on the stoop and watched us play. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Some went up the stoops of the gray houses, pulled out keys, unlocked doors and went in. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked up and there was Lovey, standing at the top of the stoop, kneeling and being overdramatic like I was in the Botanic Garden, this time taking tons of pictures of me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We hop out of the car, and there’s Taylor, sitting on the stoop next to two guitar cases. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z "She went out," a voice calls, a middle-aged woman standing on the stoop across the street. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Whew!” she’d say, while my siblings, camped on the stoop of our house to keep an eye on her, shook their heads. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Alfred fell off the stoop laughing, and James ran down and put a foot on his stomach. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He stooped down to retrieve the shaba, and she took her chance. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She opened the gate and came in and stooped down. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They came upon him shuffling along the road before them, dragging one leg slightly and stopping from time to time to stand stooped and uncertain before setting out again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Even neighbors sat on their stoops as if they hadn’t moved since we had gone. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z For a minute longer he stands there, watching as the door opens again and a tenant emerges to deposit something into one of the trash cans below the stoop. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The old man held him with his left hand and his shoulders now and stooped down and scooped up water in his right hand to get the crushed dolphin flesh off of his face. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Isaac just sits on the top step of the stoop, right next to me, and really, that’s all I want. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Dragging the sack on the floor behind him, Papa stooped over, moving his hands up and down and around imaginary plants, pretending he was picking cotton. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Nobody would play with me, except my cousins on occasion, so I would often sit alone on the stoop of our hut, thinking. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I stooped to enter this tent of dark green. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I remember Ma stooping beside me, her arm about my waist, her finger pointing at a maple. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z He stood up—a tall, slender man, who stooped as he stood and walked. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z All the tyrannous giants were dead, all the dangerous dragons—some of which used to come down with a burrr like the peregrine’s stoop—had been put out of action. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, as I stood dreamily by the stoop, twirling a switchblade knife between my trembling hands, oblivious to the world around me, I thought of killing myself. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother’s always waiting on the front stoop when we pull into the driveway, and the first question she asks is: “Did you see the green flash?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Their twisted boughs, stooping to the ground, were overridden by a clambering maze of old briars. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He was a surprise baby, born two decades after his brothers, when the Janssens were already stooped and gray. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He worked alone, stooping with a paintbrush and forceps to snip and dust the flowers. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z When we got to the top of his stoop, which felt like it took forever because of his limp, he jammed a key into the wooden door. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z As I stoop to pick it up, Claudius Templesmith's voice booms into the arena. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z There were many more people on the streets, sitting on the stoops, hanging out, than I was used to. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z And five of each so I don't have to share with my sisters who have all gathered on the stoop with Charlise for a game of cards. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It was hard work, though—Hatsue and her sisters would do a lot of it in their lives—stoop labor performed in the direct sun. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z All she saw, down in the cellar well beneath the stoop, was a light yellow feather with a tip of green. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It's funny, I think that may have been Jazz's first time ever sitting on the stoop with me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He was a man of middle age, with no stoop to his shoulders and fewer wrinkles, though he had the same cheerful smile. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “A lot of it has to do with luck,” he said during a lunch break up on a stoop around the corner from the Queens diner where he went to work after 3 Guys. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z You could stoop down and pick a fallen petal, crush it between your fingers, and you had there, in the hollow of your hand, the essence of a thousand scents, unbearable and sweet. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z When I got close to the funeral home, I noticed Robbie was sitting on the stoop, trying to light a cigarette. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I said, “Thank you, ma’am,” and pulled off my brogans and left ’em on the stoop next to all my fishing tools. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z This person has stooped, narrow shoulders and a prowling kind of walk. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Z-Money. What up?” she says when she reaches our stoop, giving me one of her hard daps with her man hands. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Keeping his black eyes on the road, he stooped forward, picked up the screwdriver lying between his feet, and handed it to me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In Brownsville and East New York, the sidewalks filled up again, the bicycles came back, and old folks reappeared on the stoops. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was just stooping over his fire, shielding it and building it up with heavier wood, when Gollum returned, carrying the pans carefully and grumbling to himself. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z As Smith walked Seabiscuit into the paddock stall, a stooped man emerged from the crowd and approached him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember sitting out on Ben’s stoop on Friday nights, drinking Jack Daniel’s, debating the mayor’s race or the rush to war. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z In Hadem at large, in the bars and restaurants, on the street comers and stoops, there could be heard more blunt criticism of Malcolm X than ever before in his career. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Cluny stooped inside the tunnel workings, surrounded by as many of his followers as could pack in without causing mass suffocation. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Without a glance at the sleeper, the woman stooped to bring the fire to life, and set a pan of water to heat while her dæmon crouched nearby watching over the path. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The small town's cozy, winding streets and stooped buildings enfolded my fear like a grandmother's arms. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As he walked through town, Ellsberg watched villagers stooped over in the remains of their homes, sifting the ruins for anything salvageable. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I heard a horse riding hard and ran out on the stoop. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She tried to avoid looking at her grandmother’s stooped back. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Tall and somewhat stooped, he steps from the shadows into the light. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z After a cold, hurried lunch eaten in silence, Ash stood on the front stoop, waiting, and felt like her entire world was being erased. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He stated that Leah was a shameful and inadequate vessel for God’s will, and that was why he would no longer even stoop to punishing her when she needed it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But when she got sick and grew pale and stooped, Sara stopped coming. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Much softer now: “I didn’t mean that, Vizzini, I just love my filthy stoop, take your time....” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z This is an intriguing statistic: the same people who routinely steal more than 10 percent of his bagels almost never stoop to stealing his money box—a tribute to the nuanced social calculus of theft. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “And here—this was sitting on the stoop when I walked up.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Gabe would catch sight of her, would see her dark homespun clothing, her stooped posture, and the fierce, knowing intimacy of her gaze. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The woman stood on the stoop, watching us. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z There were jacks that two little girls could play together sitting on the steps of a stoop. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He stooped, waiting to hear the bottom of the trunk touch the concrete floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Theresa stooped down, held the cup up to my mouth, and I took a sip. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z People were playing chess at work, during their lunch hour, in restaurants, on their front stoops, and in their backyards. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Seeing my dad on the stoop, I ached in a way I never had. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Men would be standing on corners again, watching him pass, girls would be sitting on stoops again, mocking his walk. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I had worked upon my hands and knees, stooped it seemed for days, fortifying Breed’s and Winter’s Hills, raising works upon the scarred streets of Roxbury near Boston Neck. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After Stepney Green Kat stooped into a crouch, like a tiger about to spring, and dragged me into a stooping position too. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Ged was richly and outlandishly dressed in fur and silk and silver, but the clothes were torn and stiff with sea-salt, and he stood gaunt and stooped, his hair lank about his scarred face. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Lenny stooped, and Doreen went flying up on to his shoulder, and her glass sailed out of her hand in a long, wide arc and fetched up against the pine paneling with a silly tinkle. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The old man had a stooped back, a sagging belly, and a concerning amount of white hair peeking out of his ears. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Janae goes to fix her makeup before coming to join me on the stoop. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He bent low over it, looking like a greedy child stooping over a bowl of food, in a corner away from others. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She was glad Rashida was stooping over the marigolds in the back, too far away to hear. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z I was sitting on the stoop dressed only in shorts when the police cars pulled up. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z We make for the ditch beside the road, and stooping, run along it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused and drank half the liquid in his greasy glass, a kind of moonshine he kept in an old pop bottle on the back stoop. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A man was sitting on the stoop when I walked up to the house. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Granddaddy was stooped over his ledger book when I found him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I try to avoid the drudgery of housekeeping chores, which is more up Rachel’s alley if she can stoop to being helpful on a given day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn't even notice me and Noodles sitting on my stoop next door. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Ray was already sitting out on his stoop reading the paper. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When Martin was little, the stock boy at the feed store was a wizened, stooped man named Jericho, freed many years previously. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Everybody moved away from the stoop and drifted back onto the sidewalk. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z A cool, gentle breeze blew boiling small clouds of dust as my mother, Maria slung loosely about her back, swept the stoop with a grass broom. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She leapt over the threshold of the house onto the front stoop where she stood, ignoring the snow biting at her ankles, to take in the white street. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Since childhood, I’d believed it was important to speak out against bullies while also not stooping to their level. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They came close behind, stooping, often using their hands even as he did. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He sprang on to the fallen body, and stamped and trampled it in his fury, stooping now and again to stab and slash it with his knife. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z In control of the situation once more, Clay stooped down and said to Tidbit. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He takes in the old man's stooped shoulders, the pain behind his eyes. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Although he is in his teens, Enrique is small, just shy of five feet, even when he straightens up from a slight stoop. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The two sturdy guards had stooped to take him by the arms. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But on this day the stoop had no stoopers. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z In the late afternoon Lee came to Adam where he sat on the stoop. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I wave at Miss Duncan in acknowledgment and hop over to a nearby stoop. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He stooped to look in, his face radiant in the glacial light. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There was a privy in the back and a hydrant on the stoop. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z A faded newspaper lay crumpled next to a front stoop. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Papa reached out for his stooped, tiny mother—Hanako’s grandmother!—and held her by leaning over. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She was stooped over and was grunting, trying to reach for the paper bag of belongings that she had put down in order to open the door. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The woman in front of me sat stooped, and I knew her back hurt. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother stooped down to snap off a dark-green leaf. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z As I was thinking this I saw an old servant woman stooping over the same low table gutting a fish, looking at me from the corner of her eye. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I hated her instantly too, for I saw her plain for what She was: a hag, a stooping harpy, a feaster on the flesh of beloved brothers. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Yeah. Plus, she’s got a couple on the stoop. I like helping her with them though. They easier to deal with than a dog or a little brother or sister.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z All of the bruises they had collected from moving about the earth—harvesting, cleaning, hoisting, pitching, stooping, kneeling, picking—always with young ones underfoot. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She stooped to read the dial of her watch by the radio’s light. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He stooped over the metal tray containing the letterpress blocks and studied them closely, tapping to make sure that I had wedged each block firmly in place. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He was short and stooped, but his face smiled at me through his wrinkles. “—you need shoes.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The next morning I looked out the window, and sure enough, Noodles was sitting out there on my stoop. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Suddenly he stiffened, and stooping he gripped Sam by the arm. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They wound their way through the packed bookshelves, taking a detour by the crafts section so Emily could stoop down and check on the Inkheart book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Her husband, no longer a stooped old man but a handsome young gentleman, walked toward her wearing a dapper suit and holding a single pale pink rose. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Henry whirls; in the same motion he hurls the pistol from him and stoops again, gripping Bon by both shoulders, panting. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not understand when I saw boys urinating on the stone stoop of the store while men stood about and approved their mic- turation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Selitos stooped to pick up a jagged shard of mountain glass, pointed at one end. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She stooped to get a pan out of a cabinet under the counter, then turned toward the stove. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Beowulf stooped and murmured soothingly and the noise subsided. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Shadowfax saw Gandalf, he checked his pace and whinnied loudly; then trotting gently forward he stooped his proud head and nuzzled his great nostrils against the old man’s neck. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Me and Noodles watched out the window as she ran down the stoop, passed Needles, and into the black cab. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z There is a rare snapshot of the two of us sitting on the front stoop the summer we were a year and a half old. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The last was Father Quinel, whom I recognized because old age had marked him with a stoop. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help but stare as the wagon rolled by the stoop. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My stoop made me appear brittle with age. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But then he realized he also didn't want nobody to think he lived there, so his plan was to sit on my stoop until it got dark, and then slip back into his own building. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I left Mr. Polite’s package on his stoop then took Jingle Boy back to Mr. Segee. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Helmuth nearly passes by a small, stooped figure shuffling down the sidewalk. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z She stooped to pick up a bit of broken brick and threw it out of the furrow. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The Commander stoops, gets into the car, disappears, and Nick shuts the door. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And she was stooped and seemed to be finding it hard to breathe, as if the air of that place stifled her. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z As he came near I stood up from my iron back stoop to greet him. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The man’s hand reached out and opened the door; a feeble red glare lit the man’s face as he stooped and looked inside at the bed of smoldering coals. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Then Carroll and Murphy stepped toward Diallo on the stoop and watched him turn slightly to the side, and make a movement for his pocket. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z And as he went he heard his uncle’s whispered laughter as he stooped again over his rice bowl. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z For the past three years he had devoted himself to rectitude and—I instantly saw now as he stooped out the door of the plane—growing a stomach. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He stooped over Merry and caressed his brow; then he lifted him carefully. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He stooped and opened the lower door; the ashes, white and grey, were piled almost level with the lower grate. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Then the three ice-shapes stooped down and sat with their knees drawn up and let the sun melt them. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z They spent much of their young lives stooped in those fields, planting tobacco behind mule-drawn plows. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The Captain didn’t want to move anything to the second floor, and he laughed away my fear that the water might rise higher than his front stoop. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly he stooped and looked at the stone on the top of the cairn; it was flatter than the others, and whiter, as if it had escaped the fire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “The peregrine falcon is the world’s fastest animal when it’s in its hunting stoop. It can dive at speeds near two hundred miles per hour.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Then Merry stooped and lifted his hand to kiss it, and lo! The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z But the teacher had always walked with a bit of a stoop. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Trip quickly organized the whole troupe into a great chanting, howling mass that my father managed to withstand for almost a minute before he stooped and lifted his lute back out of the case. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When our backs hurt from stooping over, we thinned on our knees. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z It hurt, though, and the next day I stood freezing on the stoop worrying myself sick about it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood with his knees slighdy bent, his lips partly open, his shoulders stooped; and his eyes held a look that went only to the surface of things. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel was high and broad enough to allow them to walk side by side without stooping. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And the other servants always gossiped about everyday sights they had seen in town: the back stoops of stores always blocked with the frozen bodies of beggars. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They both remembered deciding to stop for a minute on the way to Sherm’s house, sitting together on a stoop. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z It was a kind of paradise, free from cars and full of kids playing softball and jumping double Dutch or sitting on stoops, just hanging out. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I hear the back screen slam, and Dad comes out on the stoop. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached the spot and, stooping, picked up the shining thing. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z When Charley Bloom answered, two men in state police uniforms, both men wearing sunglasses, were standing on the front stoop. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He came and peered up into the captain’s face, stooping. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He stooped to pick it up, and then the newly tapped spring of fabulous discoveries threw him another gift, and shock and wonder erupted inside him so that he shouted out. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The door opened, and there was the stooped elderly figure of the piano teacher, with the scent of lavender water about her as he remembered. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly he stooped and bent low with his face almost in the grass. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Big Time Henson stood on the stoop in front of 171 West 145th Street and thought about what he had to do. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man took no notice, but stooped and sat himself on a low flat stone. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I’d run to the stage door and huddled on the stoop outside, hyperventilating into my hands. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My feet drag, as though they’re weighted, and because my back is stooped I end up looking down at my slippers framed by the walker. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “I just wasn’t watching.... Here ...” Nick stooped over and picked up the pen and held it out to her. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Chops and Tommy were on the stoop talking to some girl he didn’t know. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was stooped, leaning against the doorway of the living room. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then he stooped down and let Zero fall over his right shoulder. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He wriggled and stooped past the rest of the audience. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z It’s our front stoop on a Saturday afternoon. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I stoop behind the car, and I begin to saw the tire. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She stooped before one of the cabinets and ran her fingers over the blue-tinted papers, glancing in Cora’s direction every so often. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He stooped down to her while she tied his black string tie. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Whitaker had both hands in his pockets and rocked back and forth on his heels as he stood at the bottom of Mr. Ray’s stoop, talking. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z His mom appeared on the stoop and Jack straightened. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I stooped, hands on my kneecaps, and waited for the bile. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z What was interesting was how he stooped over and scrutinized each object before extending a slow, deliberate hand. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He surveyed the green lawn, quickly but thoroughly, stooping often to the earth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Aunt Pearl came out on the stoop, her round face damp from the kitchen. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z They stooped for helm and shield and left him there contorted, in his brutal sling, and shut the doors, and went to join Odysseus, whose mind moved through the combat now to come. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z If any Hobbit stooped for a stone, it was well to get quickly under cover, as all trespassing beasts knew very well. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I wasn’t used to having to go to such circuitous measures, listening to your words in Jessica’s mind . . . her mind isn’t very original, and it was annoying to have to stoop to that. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Yoren was stooped and sinister, his features hidden behind a beard as black as his clothing, but he seemed as tough as an old root and as hard as stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He stooped and set it down behind a low hedge, which continued to prevent her from seeing the object. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Whether stooping to remove a pile of horse flop or sauntering off to his swank hotel, his hat had to be just so. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z All of Sierra’s neighbors were out on their stoops, taking in the warm summer night. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z One was stooping, and the other two stood staring at him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Instead, he let out a sigh and said, “Sit down, girls. Sit here on this stoop.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Harry stooped, pretending he had not seen, and picked up the broken Horcrux. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z To hear Noodle tell it, it's the same stoop he was sitting on when Tariq was shot. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They told me to be good and we all walked off the stoop. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z T cleaned himself up best he could with us standing on the stoop. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He dripped down the hall, across the stoop, through Mrs. Cobb’s front yard, past the picket gate, and most of the way home. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Suddenly, as Shagrat was stooped over the battlement, his back to the rooftop, Sam to his amazement saw that one of the sprawling bodies was moving. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z And so it was that Ivy put her grandmother's cloak around her shoulders and opened the door, only to find a village girl standing on the stoop. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z But could I ever respect myself again if I stooped to their level? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Eleanor was so startled to be outside that she stood on the back stoop for a second, staring down at Richie's Rottweiler. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z "Want to sit on the stoop for a while?" The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened the door and her breathing got stuck in her throat for a minute when she saw the bunch on her stoop. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I ran ’round to the back stoop to wash my hands quick as I could. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Staring at his grotesquely muscled shoulders—stooped, naked despite the cold, sleek as the belly of a shark and as rippled with power as the shoulders of a horse—I found my mind wandering. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The aperture was so screened and narrow, that curtain or shutter had been deemed unnecessary; and when I stooped down and put aside the spray of foliage shooting over it, I could see all within. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He shut off the coal and stooped and opened the bottom door of the furnace. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The goat then trotted into Herbie’s yard and ate a copy of Portnoy’s Complaint, which the volunteer had carelessly left on his front stoop during a foray into town for baloney, beer, and cheese. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Richard envisaged somebody young and alert like their houseboy, Ugwu, but Harrison turned out to be a small stooped stick of a man, middle-aged, wearing an oversize white shirt that stopped below his knees. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The girl standing in front of the delicatessen stoops to tie her shoe. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Three children, arrayed in size, stood on their stoop in the spring air, eating cakes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z My house came way before his, so we stopped and sat on the stoop for a little while. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Of course you can come,” said Kit, stooping to give the child a reassuring hug. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z As my mother stooped to help the old woman pick up the escaping food, I took off. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z If she had come out more often, sat on the stoop or gossiped in front of the beauty shop, she would have known more than what the paper said. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As Noodles made suggestion after suggestion, I looked out at Needles, sitting on the stoop, weaving the black yarn in and out with the needles just like my mother taught him. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Back in his bedroom he finished dressing hurriedly, whistling tunelessly as he stooped to grease and comb his hair before the mirror inside his wardrobe. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z At my building I sit on the stoop and catch my breath, waiting before I have to climb the broke-down stairs and walk hallways smelling like two-day-old garbage and fried onions. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z He is stooped, spindly, his long hair full of sticks, with a scald crow perched on one shoulder. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Instead, we called out to anyone on their stoop or in the street, “Our uncle is back from Vietnam.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Sissy saw that tricycle standing there unattended in front of a stoop. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Before him stooped the old figure, white, shining now as if with some light kindled within, bent, laden with years, but holding a power beyond the strength of kings. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Some have collected so many that they will stoop under the weight of them when we go back. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z And here I was, in Massachusetts on a winter morning, shivering in my pj’s on the front stoop of the only house I’d ever known. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z "I feel like playing some ball," PJ said, jumping off the stoop and trying to grab the ball from me. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z He stooped, and stood up with his father’s pillow under his left arm and the glass ashtray that belonged on the night table in his right hand. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z In this situation, all I can do is everything at once—stoop, reach, bend, lift, run from rack to rack with my cart. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He climbs a low stoop with cast-iron railings. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The deejay is set up right in front of our stoop, and our whole building seems to dance to the rhythm of the music. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The bearded schoolmaster was stooped, and his face was lined. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In Shadow’s memory Mr. Ibis was a short man; whenever he would stand beside him, Shadow would rediscover that Mr. Ibis was well over six feet in height, with a crane-like stoop. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Goldfarb looked like a professor with his beard, his slight stoop, his tweed and corduroy. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I want to drag him back to this stoop and have a complete do-over. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Then she made Francie sit down on a stoop and tell her all about school. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And in the doorways men sat on the stoops selling various newspapers gathered in piles around them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z "I see you now, boy, old and stooped," said Major, shuffling to the center of the room. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the stage, alone and stooped, stood Ares. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I could see the shadow she cast across the doorway, her shoulders stooped, her head bowed. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z They came into the camp in stooped lines, and I took my post near the latrines, tying a bright red scarf around my hair. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z At night before we went in for bed, the parents would sit on the stoop and we children would either play or lie on our backs and watch the Milky Way. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Aragorn walked behind him, grim and silent, stooping now and again to scan some print or mark upon the ground. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Suddenly resolve hardened in him, and he seized a short sword that lay beside him, and kneeling he stooped low over the bodies of his companions. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z At least Noodles could sit on his own stoop without feeling some kind of shame. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Old women gossiped and laughed as they sat on project benches or by tenement stoops, where they once played as children with no backyards—yes, they were happy too. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The Lion drew a deep breath, stooped its head even lover and gave him a Lion’s kiss. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z I stood there at the top of her stoop, which thirty seconds ago felt like standing at the top of a mountain, and I crumbled, shocked, as the glow of the day faded to nothing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They all bid the Millers goodbye and began to separate at the end of the walkway from the front stoop. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It was warm out for the first of December and a lot of people were out on their stoops when I reached the neighborhood. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Yarn and needles and buttons and the toady-frog and the half knit sweater flewed all over the stoop like your guts do after you been hoop snake bit! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Many have an ornate façade of red brick, with four- or five-step stoops leading to the front door. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I didn't see the first shot, 'cause we were cozying up on the stoop there like normal, but I saw the second one. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The stoop is littered with butts, even though there’s one of those hourglass-shaped smokeless ashtrays there. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Matthew said as he and James joined her on the front stoop. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The winged shapes wheeled, and stooped swiftly down, speeding back to Mordor. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z His young skin turned old, his clear eyes dulled, and a little stoop came to his great shoulders. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Horace’s dad walked off as stoop shouldered and sad as Pa looked when he left for the barn after I’d been hurt. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z On December 1 Smith walked out of the barn and stooped over the dirt racecourse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We went back to the stoop as they got the guy in the ambulance. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z As she sat on the stoop putting on her skates, Shirley dreamed of the day when she would be able to race, sashay backward and spin on one foot. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Ron had stooped down and picked up something silver. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He stooped over and tied it around the old dog’s neck. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z She could not bring herself to state the alternative to the stooped, white- haired woman who had weathered so much with the family. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He stooped, and then softly picked it up in his two hands. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He was standing at the bottom of his stoop holding a piece of paper. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He put his hand over my mouth, stooping down and nobody else there. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At the tropical-fish tank, which was mounted on top of the 1927 Freshman radio, he abruptly stooped, taking his cigar out of his mouth. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z "Later, Ricky," I said, walking over to the next stoop, which was mine. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She digs into a small bag of sunflower seeds and spits out the shells on the ground next to the stoop. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She stooped down to pet him, although she murmured, “We probably shouldn’t pet stray dogs, but he can’t be dangerous if he’s with these children...” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Not that Lyddie would stoop to steal a bite of bread. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Bryce has thankfully left the lamp on the stoop and appears with Aurora’s booster seat that I left lying on the ground. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I get to the front stoop and say, “Go home, boy.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s sunny and cool out, so I wait for him on my stoop. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z We’re already on our stoop, and I take the first step. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He stooped and examined the handful of its body—a wisp of bone and skin—a girl. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z We leaped out from underneath the stoop where we had taken cover and charged into the open yard, where we began to fight. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Lupin’s briefcase slipped from the desk; he had to stoop quickly to catch it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She stooped to pick up the bigger pieces and drop them in the waste can beneath the sink. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes me and him would sit out on the stoop waiting for Mama to come home and he'd tell me about girls who liked him and guys who thought they were bad. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Then he stooped, picked it up himself, and with two strokes cut Buck’s traces. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, stooping forward, she dangled the spoon over my mother’s swollen belly. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z All now seemed dry and silent; but refusing to despair Sam stooped and listened, and to his delight he caught the sound of trickling. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “And in his last breath reproached me for stooping to a boor!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The next morning I came outside to find her sitting on the stoop. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Vonetta, Fern, and I sat on the stoop and watched the tow truck come and take Papa’s Wildcat away. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z They were made of small hard things—aunts and uncles, smoke breaks after sex, girls on stoops drinking from mason jars. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Five days later, Werner March, stooping over his drafting table, had only until morning before he must lay preliminary plans in front of Hitler. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I turned to my left, and there was Noodles standing at the top of his stoop. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I got up and went outside and sat on the stoop looking into the night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Under her feet the cement stoop was cool and slightly damp, as if a fog had just lifted. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I stared at the picture, trying to conjure up the image of the man I saw with her that day, his head bent as he stooped to embrace her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s an effort to stoop; despite the exercises, I can feel my body gradually seizing up, refusing. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sitting on the stoop of our home trying to think what to do. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I put it down on the stoop and told Darnell to watch it while I went into the store to get some cookies,” Derek said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z They stooped as if to pick up things to throw, and Father whispered to me to sit up straight and not show I was afraid. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He pushed himself up off the stoop, handed me the tulips, and asked, “Wanna go on a picnic?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He stooped down to see the dove, but Henry grabbed him by the collar. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z After a while I turn to the house, climb the stoop, and push open the back door. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I sat on the stoop and watched the street beyond the garden fence. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I watch from the front stoop as Sophia drives off down the street. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She ignores me and steps down from the stoop. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Rhine came all the way in and stooped down again beside her. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Then, just like they always do, Ma and Pa came and sat in their rockers on the stoop, getting ready to do some relaxing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z A stooping man had appeared behind the counter, smoothing his greasy hair back from his face. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Then our hands separated, and he went slowly up the aisle, his hands clasped behind his back, tall, a little stooped and, I thought, a little majestic. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They head back to the train with stooped shoulders. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Sometimes we sit side by side on her stoop, our traded plates in our laps. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I ignore Charlise and quickly walk down the stoop, stomp through the crowd of dancing kids, and head straight for Layla. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z When I got to Needles and Noodles's house, I glanced over at the stoop. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the man straightened, only to stoop again, as though unable to decide if the evidence of his eyes was true. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But the day’s picking lay before the slaves foremost and they stooped to their orders, enduring the dogs’ terrible noise and the visions of blood to come. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They sometimes stooped to one team’s diggers throwing rocks at the other team’s. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Needles sat on the stoop, where he always sat. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Quickly, he stooped over her, his fists clenched. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Across the street from the bus station, I saw an elderly Negro man seated on a door stoop near the curb. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad stood on the stoop of his office when we came out after the training. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I could hear Mrs. Henning gossiping on her front stoop and dogs barking at a pig running loose in the street. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the front of the line a stooped grandma with curly white hair and eyes the color of summer grass hands us a small baby-blue ticket with a number. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z His legs melted from under him and he ended up in a heap on Mrs. Holton’s stoop. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Leaving the beans I went to look, stooping to part the leaves with my hand. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Clary stooped down and said something to him in a voice too low for Lina to hear. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Once we got back to my stoop, we sat at the top, side by side, and watched nothing and everything. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He sat on the stoop and took out his journal. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Matthew said as he and James joined her on the front stoop. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He stood the trunk on end and carried his right hand over his left shoulder and stooped and caught the strap and lifted the trunk to his back. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z In no time at all he forgets little pebbly creeks and apple trees so old they lay their branches along the ground and you have to reach down or stoop to pick the fruit. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was already off the stoop and moving fast, his sneakers slapping on the sidewalk. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He stoops behind the counter now and opens a refrigerator that’s hidden behind it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I go outside, pick me a couple wormy peaches, and sit on the stoop, eating at them, spitting out the wormy places. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Small as I was, I had to stoop to enter the room. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She’s almost out of sight, then stops, turns back, and says, “Check the back stoop.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z She hands me my notebook, and stoops to gather up the quilt. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And I knew for sure my mama wasn’t thinking about me as she shuffled around the house in her bathrobe all red eyed and stoop shouldered. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “I have to go for prayers. If you need anything, ask your cousins,” he said, taking a kettle from the stoop and beginning to perform ablution. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The routine was the same as when Frank had been a child, though now his father walked stooped over when he took his turns around the Sandwalk. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He was stooped and leather-skinned, with one blind eye and hair like coarse white linen thread. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z All this meant stooping, and Nathan would not hear of it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Ahead was a gang playing stoop ball, blocking her way. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z It was repetitive work; the muscles in his arms and lower back twinged as he stooped over and over to pass off refilled buckets and pick up empty ones. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z America would bring to Barack Obama the same questions my cousin was unconsciously putting to me that day on the stoop: Are you what you appear to be? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She laid down her basket then, and walked quickly across the ring of firelight, stooping down to look more closely. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam saw that he could not go much further in this fashion, crawling, stooping, now picking a doubtful way very slowly, now hurrying at a stumbling run. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I stooped over and picked it up in order to inspect the empty tin cylinder for a communication of some sort, but only a viscous residue of concentrated juice trickled out on my hand. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly he stooped over and picked up a round rock the size of a bowling ball. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z My mother was on the front stoop, in an old brown sweater, washing the ground floor windows from the outside even though it was cold and windy. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The window boxes puffed with flowers and the tree branches stooped heavy with ripe plums. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z One of his shoulders was much higher than the other, and he stooped over his trencher like a vulture over carrion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was on my stoop every single day after that, sunup to sundown. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z After eating, I took the letter I was writing to Uncle Holt and sat on the stoop to finish it. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He put his coat on, went out into the neighborhood, and stole the front page of the Home Town Chronicle from every stoop he could find. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I wouldn't be able to deal with the sight of him tumbling down the concrete stoop. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z But why should a great warrior stoop to even notice such a pathetic creature? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It needed but a moment for her to stoop and pick the lovely thing up, but that brief pause brought him abreast of her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z An occasional peal of drunken laughter drowned out the hoarse yells of tired children and the stoop chatter and the muted noise of a dozen transistors on different stations. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z No one but me could go for the medicine, but the idea of traveling the streets at night had me gasping for breath by the time I’d reached the stoop. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z 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. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It's the last person I'd expect to see standing on my stoop today. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Before he could pick it up, the wizard stooped and seized it and set it in its place. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In one of my paintings of my family’s house, my father is sitting on the stoop with his head on his knees. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Down, down it came, and then, folding its fingered webs, it gave a croaking cry, and settled upon the body of Snowmane, digging in its claws, stooping its long naked neck. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He saw a soft, stooped creature of a man whose dandelion-fluff hair, beard, and brows encroached upon his face to such a degree that only his sharp little nose and round spectacles showed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When the weather was warm and people sat out on their stoops, Mami insisted we stay inside, unless she could come out to watch us. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Just as we come around his house, I spot Mama and Papi in our open doorway as two EMT workers bring a stretcher down the front stoop. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z You played stoop ball by throwing the ball against the steps of a brownstone. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “A Merlin. That is good. And what branch of the Merlins do you stoop from?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Right away I could feel my body relaxing, my stoop unkinking itself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He stooped, grabbed her bag, and tossed it to one of his buddies. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She had stooped stiffly, because of the burden she bore, and she moved more slowly than he, so that they cut unevenly, his row ahead, and hers behind. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The sidewalk is flush with the curb, and Diallo’s apartment building is flush with the sidewalk, separated by just a four-step stoop. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z There were some boys standing on the stoop. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He leans against the stoop of a building across the street and down the block from Tom Arlen's place. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She opened the oven and looked at the pan of bread, then stooping she paused while someone descended the stairs. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s Thursday, two weeks later, and Dad and I are on the front stoop, peeling off our wetsuits. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The villagers had to tramp in the mud, bending and stooping and planting day after day. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z When her long dress flapped dangerously close to the flames, Liyana stooped to pull it back, but Poppy said, “She knows what she’s doing.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” he muttered softly to himself as he stooped to pick up the baby he had set aside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The crowd began to drift back to their stoops, to the drinks they had left on bars. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes damp and cold, sometimes stooped over or kneeling, but always covered in coal-black grime. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z She pushed her way out of the crowd dropping a loaf which she had trouble picking up as there was no room to stoop over in. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Just then the door opened, and an old woman with a severely stooped back entered. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Folks that had finished working and had cleaned up and already et waved or started calling to me from their stoops. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He rose to his feet and without another word was gone, walking with long, quick strides and stooping a little as always. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I then stood on them while I stooped over and picked the cotton bolls. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A rough, jagged poem, like the steps on this stoop, like the sidewalk in front of this building. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The next morning she woke up hoping he’d frozen to death, but instead he was sitting on their front stoop, bruised and cold. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It was a wide, tree-shaded avenue and the houses were rich and impressively built of large granite blocks with long stone stoops. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see people starting off to work, a few guys who had been out all night collecting cans were coming back, and some people had already found them a spot on the stoop. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z He walked up his steps, sat on his disintegrating stoop, and bowed his head as if in prayer. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Ron roared, and he stooped down and seized a stone lying on the grass, but before he could do anything else, Crookshanks had vanished with one swish of his long ginger tail. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z When summer came, the children spent most of the day outdoors on the stoop. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother’s always waiting on the front stoop when we pull into the driveway, and the first question she asks is: “Did you see the green flash?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z His mother was pounding something in a mortar and his father was stooped near her, sharpening a knife against a stone. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But then, at her stoop, she made it clear that I couldn’t come inside. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Samuel dismounted at the stoop, untied his bulging saddlebags, and gave his horse to Lee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We were learning about how, although the Prophet was statuesque and walked nobly, he always, always stopped and stooped to smile at children. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “I should get the hell out of here. I’ve got a lunch date,” he said, and immediately stooped to make a leisurely and proprietary examination of the interior of the fish tank. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I peel my shoes off on the stoop of my building, tiptoeing up the inside stairs. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Two stooped ladies who could be sisters are dressed in matching lilac. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z On my way back from Malloy's, I saw Needles and Noodles sitting outside on the stoop. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He stooped down and gave the goat a light pat on its head; it was a surprisingly sad gesture. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “If you keep stooping over like that, people are going to think you really are an old man,” he said, turning my name into a pun. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Then Aragorn stooped and looked in her face, and it was indeed white as a lily, cold as frost, and hard as graven stone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Vega stooped to get a better look at her St. Nick buildings. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I stand, stooping, my back curled, and swing the axe at the window. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Noodles just sat back down on the stoop, flicking those folded leaves down the steps. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I would play basketball in the mornings with the boys who were just reaching their teens, and then stoop ball or punchball on the block with boys my age. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z "It was of this man sitting on a stoop just like we're doing now. And it was selling for like four thousand dollars." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z “I don’t think it is within my nature to hit someone. I will not meet violence with violence. I won’t stoop to their level.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z It was a Sunday morning, and I was running to the bodega to get some bread, and when I came out the house, Noodles was sitting on my stoop. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z We get up from the stoop and head down Jefferson toward Broadway. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He stooped and put his mouth to the lake and drank and drank, pulling it deep and swallowing great gulps of it. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood on the gray slate stoop in front of him. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z At the base of the stairs, the cement stoop cracked under the man’s feet. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He wore a wide belt for support, and when he could no longer stoop over, he worked on his knees until his back gave out completely. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Then they danced through the kitchen, back into the Perfect Living Room, out onto the front stoop, down the stairs, and past the embarrassed azaleas. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z But that would be stooping to her level, and I’m sure that using her own poison against her would cause at least a little of it to fall back inside me as well. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z From the stoop, I could hear the rhythmic clicks of her rosary beads and the soft hum of her voice reciting prayers whose music was familiar to me, but whose words I’d never learned. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z They walked slowly, stooping, keeping close in line, following attentively every move that Gollum made. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She often sat on her family’s stoop next to another, more popular girl named Deneen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It has a potted plant on the stoop. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Cleopatra knew what was at stake and the treachery Octavian would stoop to in order to achieve his goals. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Dad and I jogged down the stoop stairs and headed down the block. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z On sills, on stoops, on crates and broken chairs they sat tasting their teeth and waiting for something to distract them. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I’m on the stoop outside my house flapping my wings and running with my heavy talons and going nowhere. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I sit on the stoop of this daycare and press my palm against my aching rib cage. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “But how can they hope to do such a thing?” asked a stooped man with long white hair, his voice quavering. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Look! It’s ” The man’s voice trailed off and he stooped again and poked the shovel deeper. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When they came at last to the end of it, Frodo stooped and leaned out. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He leaned on the rail of the stoop. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The Wart did not know in the least what branch he stooped from, but he dared not be found out now in his lie. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Gitano put on his black hat and stooped for the sack. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I see Max there, sitting on a stoop beyond the patrolling guard. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Across the street the crowd was getting bigger and Ice pointed to it and started off the stoop. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The car pulled away, and Alfred pushed the twins toward the stoop. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Shasta stooped and drank—a very long drink—and then dipped his face in and splashed his head. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I remember this one day we were laughing like that and Aaron came up to the stoop and asked what we were laughing at. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z We’re not even on our front stoop when Janae says to me with a giant smile, “He’s taking me out this weekend!” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He stooped and took me up, and the light came tumbling down the steps on me too, and I could look down at Caddy and Jason and Quentin and Versh. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Her stoop, her stoutness, her shuffling gait all gave an impression of extreme age. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The High King above all kings stooped towards him. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z They were plentiful and delicious and I ate almost as many as I picked, stooping behind the bushes to keep out of sight. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I saw him still looking uncomfortable, watching the other cars pass and I stooped to see how the canvas was fastened. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z They would be circling and searching, peeping, stooping, and they would come back sooner or later to his covered track. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z I fall to my knees, right there on the back stoop, howling into splayed hands. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I saw her stoop, pick up the stone. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z "Cool, meet us on the stoop. Man, this is gonna be so live. So live. We gonna be in there, Ali!" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She stooped to pick them up, and as she handed them to me I saw a little smile of scorn upon her lips, and I guessed at once she considered me ill-bred. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z As I stooped to do so, I saw something dark lying on the front room floor. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He stooped and caught her shoulders and lifted her in his arms. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He was lounging on the front stoop, sucking on a cigarette. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The barn door opened then, and a thin, stooped black man limped over to them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I think he felt safe on the stoop. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Mac sat on his porch stoop, nursing a mug of coffee that had long ago gone cold. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z I strolled casually into the bedroom and stooped over to nudge off my shoes. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Goldy, that’s what everybody called him, was thin, a little stooped, with a long face that always looked a little down. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I stooped to pick up my change and ticket from the floor. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Half the guys on the block don’t have jobs and so they’re always on the stoops or just standing around with nothing to do. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I ran up the stoop, skipping every other step, and jammed my finger into the buzzer. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Needles still sits on the stoop freestyling and knitting his heart out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Betrayed by his stomach, Piggy threw a picked bone down on the beach and stooped for more. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Arms taut, backs stooped, the boys heave forward, their carts bulging. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “I trash talked in my day, Kevin. But I never stooped so low. Not even against the Knicks, and they had it coming.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Straight down upon the Nazgûl they bore, stooping suddenly out of the high airs, and the rush of their wide wings as they passed over was like a gale. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Nothing keeps Daddy awake and I still can’t make myself get used to the loud voices down on the stoop below. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z With my homeroom in the spring, I am stooping in the back. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Bigger stooped and saw, through the cracks of the furnace, the coal spreading out fanwise over the red bed of fire. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z After I washed up I went out on the stoop to tell Ma and Pa I was gonna take Mr. Leroy his fish. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z With considerable effort he stooped over and selected a golf ball-sized weapon, straightened up, tiptoed a little closer, and then flung the rock at his target. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain’s wailing down on him, stooping him more and more with every step. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Newcharlie was sitting on the stoop, holding a plastic bag filled with ice over his eye. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z He ran up the stoop and they all greeted one another as if a hostage standoff had just ended. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I stooped down beside him, not knowing what he was talking about. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He stooped to pick up a splintered branch and examined it critically. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That fall in the false warmth of a Brooklyn Indian summer, Katie sat on the stoop and held her sickly baby against the bigness which was another child soon to be born. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Although she was not a tall woman, she had to stoop low to get through the doorway. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Such being the case, I felt not a little surprised when he raised his head suddenly from the desk over which he was stooping, and said— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z "O-o-oh," said Shasta and plunged in—it was about up to his knees—and stooped his head right into the cataract. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z It was like his mind had gotten used to us, and everyone, leaving him right there on that stoop, second step from the top. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z It was that more than the drag of the Ring that made him cower and stoop as he walked. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z All the Daugherty kids were waiting for me when I got to their house, sitting on the front stoop. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “You look like a butler,” I say as she sits on the stoop next to me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He was stern and massive and expressionless, more like a pillar of rock than a man, but he stooped and held out his hand to shake. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z |
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