as in bowing
bending downward or forward
sagging branches that were weighted down with snow
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as in drooping
to be limp from lack of water or vigor
the plant's leaves were sagging feebly in the intense heat
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as in slipping
to decline gradually from a standard level
sales figures have sagged slightly over the past six months
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as in fading
to lose bodily strength or vigor
after a whole day of working in the hot sun, he began to sag
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Recent Examples of sagging
Deanna Pai,
Vogue,
24 June 2026
During my thirties, sagging skin wasn’t really an issue for me.
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Leah Groth,
InStyle,
24 June 2026
The target concerns are fine lines, sagging, and uneven skin tone.
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Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
Trump’s sagging approval rating comes as Democrats have a chance at outperforming Republicans in midterms, with Emerson’s May poll showing Democrats with a 9-point advantage on the generic congressional ballot, though 9% of voters were undecided.
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Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Teachers use it as a behavioral bargaining chip, administrators weigh playtime against sagging test scores and researchers argue over how best to structure the minutes.
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Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
More often, though, Griffin talks about American debt, competitiveness, and sagging productivity.
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Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
These include the Triple Collagen Cream from Medicube, which features a blend of shea butter, elastin, and collagen to firm and lift sagging skin.
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Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
8 June 2026
And a photo attached to a city inspection conducted just days before the collapse for a pending litter case showed the exterior of the building apparently in poor condition with the roof visibly sagging.
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Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
Verb
Peptide skin-care products have the unique ability to target a host of skin concerns, from sagging to an impaired skin barrier, in part because there are so many different types of peptides.
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Deanna Pai,
Vogue,
24 June 2026
During my thirties, sagging skin wasn’t really an issue for me.
—
Leah Groth,
InStyle,
24 June 2026
The target concerns are fine lines, sagging, and uneven skin tone.
—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
Trump’s sagging approval rating comes as Democrats have a chance at outperforming Republicans in midterms, with Emerson’s May poll showing Democrats with a 9-point advantage on the generic congressional ballot, though 9% of voters were undecided.
—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Teachers use it as a behavioral bargaining chip, administrators weigh playtime against sagging test scores and researchers argue over how best to structure the minutes.
—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
More often, though, Griffin talks about American debt, competitiveness, and sagging productivity.
—
Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
These include the Triple Collagen Cream from Medicube, which features a blend of shea butter, elastin, and collagen to firm and lift sagging skin.
—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
8 June 2026
And a photo attached to a city inspection conducted just days before the collapse for a pending litter case showed the exterior of the building apparently in poor condition with the roof visibly sagging.
—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sagging
Adjective
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James O’Donoghue, a planetary scientist with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, likened our planet’s tilting phenomenon to a nodding head.
Verb
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Now the girls, with their useless prop hats drooping sadly over their foreheads, are forced to watch strangers in even cuter outfits than theirs (according to Jen) doing body rolls all over the boys the main-villa girls have only just managed to wrangle into something like a relationship.
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Amaranth is available in drooping varieties or upright flower forms, makes an excellent addition to a dahlia bouquet, and is large enough to hold its own in the dahlia bed.
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There’s even a side pocket perfect for slipping a water bottle into.
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In my opinion, the perfect application is a shower, scrubbing your feet with an emery board of some kind, slipping on the booties, putting on socks, and parking yourself in front of Netflix for an hour before removing.
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Their self-cleaning nature means blooms drop naturally after fading, eliminating tedious deadheading.
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Halsey and her fans’ outrage over an old album review is showing no signs of fading.
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
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Dodging rockfall that would’ve cracked my low-hanging differential.
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In another, a Midwestern college town is hanging flags and learning chants for a country most of its residents had never thought much about before June.
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The aim is to prevent the level of pensions from falling and ward off the need for a big long-term increase of the levy employees pay into the pension system.
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Low temperatures will remain warm and humid, falling only into the upper 70s.
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The hurricane-weakening effects of El Niño may be positive for property and casualty insurers in the Northern Hemisphere.
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An unpopular war, a structurally sound economy, but maybe GDP weakening, unemployment strong, but consumer confidence weakening.
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“Sagging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sagging. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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