stomped

past tense of stomp

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stomped Ten members of a Pennsylvania high school football team, including several coaches, face charges after a player was allegedly stomped with cleats, and jabbed in the buttocks with a broomstick. Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stomped
Verb
  • The Playoff remains parked at 12 teams, and some G6 conferences shuffled teams, now including North Dakota State and Sacramento State.
    Jason Kirk, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • These gifts work because the personalization is functional and discreet, not a logo stamped onto an ordinary object.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • Briceno loves it for looks that need to feel fluid rather than stamped onto the eye, recommending MAC Liquidlast 24-Hour Waterproof Liner for liner that stays crisp and intact for hours.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • Fresh from lifting the FIFA Club World Cup and buoyed by optimism around Enzo Maresca’s project, the Blues stumbled to a disappointing 10th-place Premier League finish.
    Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • The Curiosity rover stumbled on the polygon field while ascending the foothills of a three-mile-high mountain called Mount Sharp, where it’s been roaming since 2014.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Carlo Zanella, president of the Alto Adige Alpine Club, previously told Fox News Digital that the turnstiles were installed by a local farmer after visitors repeatedly trampled meadows while flocking to the scenic overlook.
    Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • While Camille Johnston fights to keep her job as the Ray County prosecutor, the Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys has already kicked her out of the organization.
    Laura Bauer July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
  • And Rocket Lab’s satellite control team kicked into gear for around-the-clock operations.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 30 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
  • Joc Pederson smashed a lead-off home run for the sixth time this season, then hit another homer in the second inning to power the Texas Rangers past the Seattle Mariners 7-3 Monday afternoon at Globe Life Field.
    Cal Phillips Updated July 27, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2026
  • But when all the grapeskins were smashed, the best feet standing belonged to the oldest and shortest man in the field, 66-year-old former Atherton Mayor Charles Marsala.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 28 July 2026

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