Stooping (Adjective)
Meaning
Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The elderly man's long years of labor took its toll on his posture, now a perpetual stooping figure.
- A stooping woman in a faded coat walked by, carrying her heavy groceries.
- Her once lively demeanor began to fade into the perpetual stooping posture that age sometimes brings.
- Their stooping grandfather walked up the stairs to lie down, clutching the worn wooden banister.
- As she aged, the little oldish misshapen stooping woman struggled greatly with straightforward walking.