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as in hung
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 faded
to lose bodily strength or vigor
as the afternoon wore on, we started to droop
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Recent Examples of drooped
But his mouth was open and drooped peculiarly to one side, and his skin was sucked into his skeleton like a vacuum storage bag.
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Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
Two boys saw the balloons had drooped to the ground.
—Sue Ambrose, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
Heads drooped and limbs felt sluggish on the sideline, Jones recounted, as the Broncos fell into a 19-0 deficit through three quarters against the Giants.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
The woman’s husband, a scrawny man in a shabby work uniform, smelling of sewage, drooped behind the gurney.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
Two boys saw the balloons had drooped to the ground.
—Sue Ambrose, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
Heads drooped and limbs felt sluggish on the sideline, Jones recounted, as the Broncos fell into a 19-0 deficit through three quarters against the Giants.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
The woman’s husband, a scrawny man in a shabby work uniform, smelling of sewage, drooped behind the gurney.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drooped
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But the $110 billion sale of WBD to Paramount that Zaslav has orchestrated hung over the festivities, as the industry braces for the thousands of layoffs that will result from the consolidation.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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As Venezuela celebrated, Italy hung their heads, but their story this month has been nothing short of incredible.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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What if a slightly delusional but still charming actress faded toward irrelevance, only to claw her way back by way of a reality TV show?—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
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As crypto moved from fringe to mainstream to cultural punch line, its promise of revolution faded.—
Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
17 Mar. 2026
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Heaps of leathery brown prickly pear pads sagged into the dirt and ash.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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More than a half dozen homes were deemed unsafe as nearby roads and sidewalks sagged.—
Nick Caloway,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Israel significantly weakened the organization in military strikes and assassinations throughout late 2024.—
Asher Kaufman,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
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As a result, Democrats in Crespo’s northwest suburban district and Benton’s southwest suburban district are voting for representatives whose ability to make a difference in the Capitol has been significantly weakened due to internal party politics.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Only a shadow of these forests’ old-growth trees remain as their second-growth progeny continue to be felled.—
Evan Mills,
Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2026
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In Greek tragedies, the hero is felled by a fatal flaw.—
Maer Roshan,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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Remembering this period, Petzold went quiet for a moment, studying the air behind me as if someone might materialize there.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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The brother went inside to find that Jennifer Marsaw and Dawson had been shot.—
Conor Wight,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Stir in spinach; cook until wilted, 2 minutes.—
Katlyn Moncada,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Mar. 2026
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What followed was an incessant attack on the senses as the Premier League champions wilted in the Rams Park cauldron.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Narcan and other lifesaving measures failed to revive her and she was taken to the hospital, where doctors said that she had been deprived of oxygen for six minutes, her husband said in the video filmed at her hospital bedside.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
18 Mar. 2026
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The House failed to pass a measure that would propose amending the Constitution to require the federal government to have a balanced budget, a measure offered by conservatives to address the ever-increasing national debt.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Mar. 2026
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