drooped

Example Sentences

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Within days her eyelid had drooped and swelled.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

Jackie, who turns 13 this spring, puffed up her feathers, drooped her wings, bore down and released her latest egg, according to the group.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

She was on a United flight from Toronto to San Francisco when her now-deceased father, then in his 80s, began showing concerning symptoms: The right side of his face and arm drooped.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2023

To be sure, though, there was something uncanny — even a little creepy — about these performers who moved a little sluggishly, their eyes drooped.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2022

Both boys' heads drooped, their faces in danger of being washed in their soup.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat