1
as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily
came stomping up the stairs and tossed her backpack on the bed
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as in stamping
to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure
stomping the burning leaves in a vain attempt to put out the fire
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Recent Examples of stomping
The sound of her stomping up the staircase causes her parents to share a look of weary consternation.
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Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
But only the faithful know everything about the Mushroom Kingdom’s shell-stomping messiah.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2025
Barner holds his arms parallel to the ground and swings them side to side while slowly stomping forward like Godzilla demolishing a city.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Maura is marvelous stomping around the apartment in a cold fury and refusing to speak to Clara, who proceeds regardless with broker negotiations and brings in antiques dealer Abslam (Ahmed Boulane) to buy up the contents.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Throngs of teenagers can be seen in the videos hitting, kicking, stomping and pushing victims.
—Robert Anglen, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Cena’s chrome-domed antihero, Freddie Stroma’s Vigilante and and Danielle Brooks’ Adebayo stomping through spots of light.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 21 Aug. 2025
Rob placed first in every single stage, except for stomping a plank to send three items up into a basket, which Amber Brkich won with three straight shots.
—EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Old guys stomping grapes barefoot.
—John Noakes, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
But only the faithful know everything about the Mushroom Kingdom’s shell-stomping messiah.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2025
Barner holds his arms parallel to the ground and swings them side to side while slowly stomping forward like Godzilla demolishing a city.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Maura is marvelous stomping around the apartment in a cold fury and refusing to speak to Clara, who proceeds regardless with broker negotiations and brings in antiques dealer Abslam (Ahmed Boulane) to buy up the contents.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Throngs of teenagers can be seen in the videos hitting, kicking, stomping and pushing victims.
—Robert Anglen, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Cena’s chrome-domed antihero, Freddie Stroma’s Vigilante and and Danielle Brooks’ Adebayo stomping through spots of light.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 21 Aug. 2025
Rob placed first in every single stage, except for stomping a plank to send three items up into a basket, which Amber Brkich won with three straight shots.
—EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Old guys stomping grapes barefoot.
—John Noakes, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stomping
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The technology included corrupt automatic shuffling machines that read cards and predicted which player had the best hand.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Card-reading contact lenses, X-ray poker tables, trays of poker chips that read cards, hacked shuffling machines that predict hands.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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Warning signs a skunk is ready to spray include jumping, stamping their front feet, arching their back, clicking teeth, and hissing.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
15 Oct. 2025
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Aniyah wrote, stamping it with several heart emojis.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
13 Oct. 2025
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Footage of a father stumbling around, apparently carrying the headless body of his baby?—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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Remaining unclaimed playoff spots The final two playoff spots in the Western Conference are up for grabs, with FC Dallas, Real Salt Lake, the Colorado Rapids and San Jose Earthquakes all stumbling towards the finish line.—
Tom Bogert,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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These gradually raise the temperature in stages, preventing the backup heating system from kicking on.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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Sure enough, as my physician predicted, within weeks of kicking sugar and carbage, all my ailments disappeared.—
Connie Bennett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The legend began after a series of bizarre and terrifying encounters in which settlers reported seeing the ghostly figure charging through the desert, sometimes trampling livestock or vanishing into the night.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Now the kids were trampling the grass in front of the mound, the very spot where Kerkering bent over as Dodgers players rushed past him after winning Game 4.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Thieves scaled the facade of the Parisian museum in broad daylight Sunday, using a ladder boosted by a mechanical boom truck and forcing a window open, smashing display cases inside, and making off with a handful of priceless jewels, PEOPLE previously reported.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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D’Angelo found power in this duality, smashing the barriers between the spiritual and the secular, as had so many Black music pioneers before him.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
18 Oct. 2025
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