stomping

present participle of stomp

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stomping But wrap a play in too much homespun folksiness and the thing starts to feel both suffocating and, despite all the driving tunes and stomping choreography in the world, suffocated. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026 The answer isn’t between stomping the gas pedal or leaving the car parked. — Bob Ackerman, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Handclaps, stomping percussion and a communal chorus create the kind of infectious energy that naturally gets people moving. — Qygwork, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026 The clip then pans to a warm fire, and someone, presumably Meghan, stomping in rain boots in the mud. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 13 Sep. 2026 Andersen in particular has struggled with such an aggressive role, where recovery pace and stomping channel defending are required to keep the shape. — Thom Harris, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 What’s Happening Videos of people pouring Epsom salt onto baking sheets, towels or shower floors and stomping barefoot for roughly 10 minutes have racked up views across TikTok, with users claiming the practice eases anxiety and improves sleep. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026 Pembroke Pines police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who was recorded on security-camera footage stomping an adult duck to death. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026 Their father, Jamie, always seemed to be around, smiling and shouting and stomping his feet. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stomping
Verb
  • For the most part, this was a second consecutive solid performance by a group that will likely undergo major personnel shuffling all season.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
  • That's because astronomers have discovered two husks of two zombie planets shuffling through the gory remains of what was once their planetary neighbors around a long-deceased star, or white dwarf.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • When Louise would remember the show decades later, the audience was always so electric that the room exploded into stamping feet and pounding fists.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • All this suggests that stopping illicit distillation will mean finding new attacks before stamping them out.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • After stumbling into an intro to acting class, the 28-year-old quickly caught the professor’s attention.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The Chargers are the NFL’s only remaining winless team, stumbling to an 0-6 start for the first time since 2000.
    — Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Many of them only began kicking American footballs within the last couple of years, inspired by Charlie Smyth, who made 12 field goals for the New Orleans Saints in 2025.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The Giants were the only ones that didn’t lose after kicking two extra points after touchdowns to force overtime in a 27-27 tie against Washington in Week 5.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Carved with a military scene of Roman soldiers trampling barbarians, the coffin was likely intended for a man.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The 307-mile Great Redwood Trail planned along a defunct Northern California rail line is colliding with the Wailaki tribe, as members decry hikers trampling ancestral villages and graves.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Plant-eating dinos that looked like huge, armored lizards left those footprints while tramping near the coastline of a vast Western Interior Seaway that extended into Colorado.
    — Kristen Kidd, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Imagine The Goonies with a half dozen adults tramping through the caves.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The post fell with a thunderous crash across the hood of the car, smashing the windshield and injuring Dad.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
  • That means arbitrary Drake covers and Max B homages, smooth ballads on smashing cougars and dirty macking.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026

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“Stomping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stomping. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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