drooped; drooping; droops
1
: to hang or incline downward
2
: to sink gradually
3
: to become depressed or weakened : languish
: to let droop
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Examples of droop in a Sentence
Verb
The flowers were drooping in the hot sun.
Her eyelids drooped as she grew tired.
The tree's branches drooped under the weight of the snow.
His spirits drooped when he didn't get the job.
Noun
tighten the line at the top of the banner so there won't be so much droop
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 22 May 2024
Mortality sets the stage for the most remarkable passage, where the Virgin Mary’s creamy pinkish hand carries her son’s drooping gray arm, held in a soft embrace.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
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Verb
Elsewhere, London’s Clove Club declined from No. 38 to No. 80, while New York’s Le Bernardin drooped from No. 44 to No. 71.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 22 May 2024
Mortality sets the stage for the most remarkable passage, where the Virgin Mary’s creamy pinkish hand carries her son’s drooping gray arm, held in a soft embrace.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
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“Droop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/droop. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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droop
1 of 2 verb1
: to sink, bend, or hang down
2
: to become depressed or weak
droopy
adjective
ˈdrü-pē
droop
2 of 2 noun
: the condition or appearance of drooping
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