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Meanings of stoop too in English

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Usage of stoop too in English
1
It is ill-bred to stoop too close to one's porringer or the meat.
George Washington's Rules of Civility / Traced to their Sources ...
2
Suddenly he remembered how, during the War, he had forced himself not to stoop too much when leaving cover.
Laughter in the dark
3
Further, in accordance with that same esteem, do not stoop too closely nor too long to identify the mark.
Kai Lung's Golden Hours
4
Obliged at last to stoop too low for comfort, Grenville began to wonder if the thing would never end.
As It Was in the Beginning
5
You stooped too low, and I looked too high.
The Hallam Succession
6
Perhaps already I have stooped too low.
Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book V.
7
A poet must select, and if he stoops too low he cannot lift the object he would fain idealize.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
8
She raves about 'coming up, if by doing so she could prevent so noble a creature from stooping too low, or save her from ruin.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4
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