drooping

Example Sentences

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In response, the company introduced a wind-assist kit—a pair of cables, clips and sandbags that can keep the fabric from drooping.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Behind him, a mature Joshua tree was dying, its graying limbs drooping sadly.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Another possibility is that people will use their refund money to build rainy-day funds, at a time when savings rates are drooping.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

Doctors at Sunderland Royal Hospital were initially baffled and diagnosed her with ptosis, an eye condition characterised by the drooping of the upper eyelid, and told her to go home to rest.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

Manchee jumps out with a waxy squirrel drooping in his mouth, bigger and browner than the ones from the swamp.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness