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droops

verb as in hang down; languish

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

Naomi's face droops, and I can taste her disappointment.

In this “Étude de Fesses,” painted around 1884 and a rare loan from a private collection, the right cheek droops inches below the left, which is squared off where the sitzfleisch meets the thigh.

You can check this by stopping the mixer, detaching the whisk attachment or beater and turning it upside down: If the meringue droops down just at the top, you’re good to go.

“Can you smile for me?” the paramedic asks, and notes that only the left corner of the man’s mouth curls upward when he tries; the right droops into a frown.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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