stoop

Made of white Carrara marble, it depicts the pontiff in his later years, stooping and clutching a crucifix, his brow furrowed in pain.

The stoop, likely the site of Hodges’ proposal, was strewn with red roses, candles and framed photographs.

The three women in the painting stoop low in the field, their hands reaching for leftover stalks of wheat.

Maybe stooping over a hot stove for hours to prepare a traditional Christmas dinner doesn’t quite put you in the holiday mood.

When they headed south from Roberta’s apartment on Avenue C around 10, there were two-foot drifts against the side of stoops.