as in slack
the extent to which something hangs or dips below a straight line
tighten the line at the top of the banner so there won't be so much droop
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as in to sag
to be limp from lack of water or vigor
the flowers drooped on their stalks in the blazing sun
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as in to fade
to lose bodily strength or vigor
as the afternoon wore on, we started to droop
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Recent Examples of droop
Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
To harvest bulbs, wait until the leaves turn brown and droop.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2025
Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
Her face was drooping on the left side.
—Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Day after day, Lotte’s head droops, drops, sinks onto the proof sheet on her desk.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
To harvest bulbs, wait until the leaves turn brown and droop.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2025
Verb
Avoid flowers that are releasing pollen, are discolored, or have drooping foliage.
—Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
Her face was drooping on the left side.
—Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for droop
Noun
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The ultimate winter sweater can be paired with its matching skirt, jeans, slacks, or sweats.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Feb. 2026
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While Republicans have continued to lose ground among white-collar professions, blue-collar Americans picked up some of the slack.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In 1986, when the Sox were looking to move from Bridgeport to Addison, Reinsdorf addressed his sagging reputation in a Tribune interview.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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The moisturizer’s proprietary Hexyl-R Complex does most of the heavy lifting; according to the brand, the technology contains a naturally occurring lipid that helps improve the appearance of age spots, sagging skin, fine lines, and wrinkles.—
Erika Reals,
InStyle,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Paramount’s assets, including MTV, Nickelodeon and the Melrose Avenue movie studio, have been fading.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Memories are fading, potential witnesses are dying and the main person of interest is now in his 70s.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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Tony, the resident sloth who was reliably hanging upside-down from the telephone wires above the entrance to the camp.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Mar. 2026
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Millions of Monarchs hang from the trees like frostbitten leaves the underside of their wings exposed, burnished, and bronzed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Although weakened, the factions still survive, and could form a powerful, transnational and motivated insurgency when the time comes to fight whatever emerges if the Islamic Republic falls.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Several bills that had been filed in the state Senate and House of Representatives, which critics have warned would weaken reporting and training standards for the Department of Child and Family Services, have been put on hold, according to state officials.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Slater is a virtuosic physical actor, and his evocation of the mime’s precision, silliness, and grace—the elastic faces, the acrobatic tumbles, the fingers that bloom into flowers, then wilt, then bloom again — is painstaking and loving in its observance.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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Foliage may also wilt or turn yellow when plants receive too much or too little water.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
22 Feb. 2026
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Ferris, who pitched 1-2/3 scoreless innings in his second Cactus League start Saturday in the Dodgers’ 7-6 split-squad loss to the Texas Rangers at Surprise Stadium, noticed the contrast going from the Cubs to the Dodgers.—
Jack Vita,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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The debt markets going pencils down is a huge risk to an M&A market that looks poised to rip.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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The Department of Justice filed federal lawsuits on Thursday against five states for failing to answer a request for complete voter registration lists.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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Many earlier drives failed because target organisms developed mutations, thus preventing CRISPR cutting.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Droop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droop. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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