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Literary notes about stomp (AI summary)

The word "stomp" is employed in literature to evoke a sense of forceful impact and determination, whether describing physical actions or metaphorical ones. It is often used to convey bodily aggression or the act of suppressing opposition, as when a character vows to “stomp 'em down” [1] or even “stomp on your head” [2]. At the same time, authors utilize the term in artistic or rhythmic contexts—for instance, as a directive for movement or as a technique for applying color in painting [3, 4]. This versatility allows writers to draw on the raw physicality of a stomp to symbolize both violence and a driving, insistent rhythm in narrative scenes [5, 6].
  1. "True," says I, "for if some of them stick up their heads, it proves that more of them could—if we didn't stomp 'em down."
    — from Peace in Friendship Village by Zona Gale
  2. “If it’s a rattlesnake, jest stomp on its head,” said the miner, coolly.
    — from The Motor Boys Over the Rockies; Or, A Mystery of the Air by Clarence Young
  3. Tint the higher lights in the drapery with the clean end of the same stomp, borrowing from the darker places as before.
    — from Ladies' manual of art; or, profit and pastime. A self teacher in all branches of decorative art, embracing every variety of painting and drawing on china, glass, velvet, canvas, paper and wood the secret of all glass transparencies, sketching from nature. pastel and crayon drawing, taxidermy, etc. by Anonymous
  4. With the chamois stomp put in the darker places in the drapery first, following the same general rule of hatching only in broad strokes, not lines.
    — from Ladies' manual of art; or, profit and pastime. A self teacher in all branches of decorative art, embracing every variety of painting and drawing on china, glass, velvet, canvas, paper and wood the secret of all glass transparencies, sketching from nature. pastel and crayon drawing, taxidermy, etc. by Anonymous
  5. LINDSAY Lemme gwan down to dat church befo' you make me stomp you. (He exits right.)
    — from De Turkey and De Law A Comedy in Three Acts by Zora Neale Hurston
  6. Lifting his foot above his face, he said: "You stir till I tell you, an' I'll stomp your nose down even with the balance of your mean face.
    — from The Best American Humorous Short Stories

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