droop

In the spring, maroon flowers droop from the branches.

This year’s Olympic mascots are the Phryge and the Paralympic Phryge, small creatures that resemble a Phrygian cap, a slightly drooping, cone-shaped hat typically associated with themes of liberty in European and colonial cultures.

Maybe it’s a holdover reaction to the large, drooping discs of pepperoni layered atop chain pizzas from my youth.

But the point of his cowl hood droops behind his head, perhaps from the sheer weight of finding out he’s died.

Symptoms can include drooping eyelids, trouble swallowing, fatigue, weakness and difficulty breathing.