droopy

Example Sentences

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William, who Rona chirpily informs us has “a rare mucous membrane disorder,” is happy to get “lugubrious”: “Meaning extremely sad and droopy? A topic I am all too familiar with.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Then I woke up with a really droopy face and my eyes sort of wide open.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2024

The illness started last summer with headaches, blurry vision and a droopy face, alarming doctors at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

“Be Free, You Wrinkly Ghost!” opens, “I’ve never been fully on board with my face” and goes on to detail the surgeries Nancherla has undergone to correct a droopy eyelid and underbite.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2023

He was short, with a small head and a thin, droopy mustache that reminded little Willy of the last time he’d drunk a glass of milk in a hurry.

From "Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner