stomped

past tense of stomp

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stomped Cece got out of bed, put on a pair of fuzzy pink slippers, and stomped to her mother’s office. Jessica Contrera, New Yorker, 13 July 2026 Thornton stomped around the mound, flexing and screaming in celebration. Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 12 July 2026 On Monday night, a 39-year-old man wearing a Spurs jersey was stomped and punched after Game 3 while walking down West 47th Street, about 15 blocks from the arena. Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 14 June 2026 It's been 33 years since Jurassic Park first stomped into theaters, and blockbusters haven't been the same since. Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026 Two suspects are being sought in a horrific homicide in which police allege a mother of four was beaten with bricks and stomped to death during a robbery in North Philadelphia. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 June 2026 The emphasis on winning to keep kids signed up and continue making money has stomped creativity out of American players, who are encouraged to play safely to ensure results instead of developing a players’ feel for the game. Andy Yamashita, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2026 Evidence presented at trial showed Wallace threw the victim to the ground, repeatedly punched and stomped him, and searched his pockets before taking his wallet and other belongings, the DA’s office said. Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 30 May 2026 The accordionist stomped sideways under the stage lights, sweat running down his temples, looking like Angus Young sans schoolboy shorts. Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stomped
Verb
  • Black voters were shuffled around Houston, with much of the previous 9th Congressional District becoming the new 18th District.
    Rahul Mukherjee, NPR, 23 July 2026
  • Several writers have also shuffled in and out of the project.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • Another assistant handed him the catalogue, balling up its plastic wrapping stamped with promotional copy.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Wall Street uses it, too — all global stock and commodity trades are stamped in UTC.
    Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • Lundgren got out from the driver’s side of the vehicle, stumbled across the opposing lane of traffic, and leaped over the side of the bridge into Table Rock Lake below, the sheriff said.
    Dennis Romero, NBC news, 22 July 2026
  • Evans stumbled into it and is still visibly working out what to do with it.
    Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • The red card was rescinded; the team was unmoored; conspiracies grew overnight, like mushrooms; and a merciless Belgium swept in and trampled, 4–1, on what remained.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
  • Ten years later, Tech trampled Florida State in an upset on the Flats.
    Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • One officer appears to have deployed a Taser as the man falls to the ground again and is kicked by another officer as a third holds him down with his knee.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • Her father, furious over her job and gender identity, kicked her out.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Days or weeks passed, but then the dog barked, the mail carrier tramped onto the porch, the mailbox clattered.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • The pair’s snow boots tramped the nearly week-old Kansas City snow, two candles clutched in their small hands.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • And then, suddenly, a male orca soared into view, belly up, and smashed his head into the dead fish.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
  • Beyond shooting incidents, a recent American Civil Liberties Union report found dozens of incidents across eight states since January 2025 where immigration officers rammed into people's cars, smashed vehicle windows and struck people with cars.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 22 July 2026

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“Stomped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stomped. Accessed 26 Jul. 2026.

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