Stoops

This archness is purposeful—it is Ms. Edson's way of showing us how completely Vivian is out of touch with her feelings—but the cute self-mockery to which she stoops, which is italicized and underlined by Ms. Nixon's acting, is no more believable than the haze of sentiment through which her agonizing death is seen. ❋ Terry Teachout (2012)

Some peeped from behind the blinds; some boldly came out on their "stoops" to eye the unfortunate schoolmaster askance. ❋ Helen Beecher Long (N/A)

On seasonable Sunday afternoons the burghers of Cordelia Street usually sat out on their front "stoops," and talked to their neighbours on the next stoop, or called to those across the street in neighbourly fashion. ❋ Unknown (1920)

The vacant lots, where the houses have been burned down, where nobody is sitting on the stoops, that is where you will have a crime problem. " ❋ Unknown (2009)

Virginia tavern with the usual "stoops" or low porches in front, above, and below. ❋ Joseph Warren Keifer (1884)

They were exactly alike -- large white doors, with an arched frame and wide side-lights, perched upon little "stoops" of red stone, which descended sidewise to the brick pavement of the street. ❋ Unknown (1881)

I still maintain, as I commented last night after everyone had already left, that they should be referred to as "stoops" in keeping with the overall brownstone theme. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'm totally with you on Eric, but I think what really irks me is that he almost "stoops" in the show. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Many charming conversations take place at the foot of the stairs, or while one of the parties is holding the latch of a door, -- in the shadow of porticoes, and especially on those outside balconies which some of our Southern neighbors call "stoops," the most charming places in the world when the moon is just right and the roses and honeysuckles are in full blow, -- as we used to think in eighteen hundred and never mention it. ❋ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1851)

a door, -- in the shadow of porticos, and especially on those outside balconies which some of our Southern neighbors call "stoops," the most charming places in the world when the moon is just right and the roses and honeysuckles are in full blow, -- as we used to think in eighteen hundred and never mention it. ❋ Various (N/A)

"stoops," the long slant of their rear roofs, where a ladder is firmly fixed, to serve in case of fire, and the great, low rooms grouped around the immense chimney in the middle. ❋ Anna Chapin Ray (1905)

"stoops," and the custom of sitting on them in summer evenings. ❋ Julian Hawthorne (1890)

A visitor to the neighborhood called it “an area of gin, cheap wine, and dope,” with “half-naked children,” “old, dark, fat men and women sleeping on their stoops,” and “the odor of garlic and rotten fruit everywhere.” ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

We watch as police officers snatch up teens smoking marijuana too brazenly on the stoops at metro Hidalgo. ❋ Daniel Hernandez (2011)

He stoops down and continues to write in the sand. ❋ G. Elijah Dann (2011)

Doing so only reflects poorly on the person who so stoops. ❋ Unknown (2010)