stumping in English

verb
1
(of a question or problem) be too hard for; baffle.
education chiefs were stumped by some of the exam questions
synonyms:baffleperplexpuzzleconfuseconfounddefeatput at a lossflummoxthrowfloordiscombobulate
2
walk stiffly and noisily.
he stumped away on short thick legs
3
travel around (a district) making political speeches.
there is no chance that he will be well enough to stump the country
4
use a stump on (a drawing, line, etc.).
verb

Use "stumping" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "stumping" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "stumping", or refer to the context using the word "stumping" in the English Dictionary.

1. The old man was stumping along.

2. But Democrats and Republicans are still dumping stumping for the young.

3. She's tired of stumping up for school fees, books and uniform.

4. 6 He was in Georgia stumping for Senator Wyche Fowler, a Democrat.

5. Carroll Campbell, both Republicans, are stumping the state on behalf of Sen.

6. He went stumping up to bed at his usual time, followed presently by his wife.

7. But, when night came, and with her veiled eyes beheld him stumping towards Boffin's Bower, he was elated too.

8. When candidates went stumping around the country, people traveled for miles on foot, by horse, by carriage to hear them speak.

9. An Ampelographer, she explained, is a fancier term for a grapevine botanist, and she joked it comes in useful in stumping people at cocktail parties