Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Stoop
Stoop
Like timid silence shrinking from the breeze.
—R. H. Bell
Stoops like a bow.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Stooped like sprinters before a signal.
—Stephen Crane
Stooped, like a bird with a broken wing.
—Alexandre Dumas, père