droop

Example Sentences

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The shrub — reportedly named for leaves that can droop and coil like poodle fur — primarily grows in Southern California in chaparral between roughly 3,300 to 7,500 feet, on granitic slopes and ridges.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2025

In the spring, maroon flowers droop from the branches.

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2024

Achieving high-efficiency green emission has been difficult with traditional hexagonal III-nitride even with increasing the indium content -- a costly element required for green emission -- which leads to higher defect densities and efficiency droop.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024

A 3D-modeling program used for mechanical and civil engineering accurately predicted how the carrots would droop over time, the team reports today in Royal Society Open Science.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 23, 2024

Sometimes the ear would droop and the eye would close.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong