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verb

present participle of sag

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of sagging
Verb
The structures were sagging under the weight of so many books. Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2025 The dilapidated wooden trim and sagging porticos were spruced up a few years ago after preservationists complained to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, but the upstairs windows reveal glimpses of peeling paint, crumbling plaster, and collapsing ceilings inside. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 20 Oct. 2025 Representing Super has taken on a tough job, reviving a sagging brand while activist investors send spitballs in from the outside and competitors look to take share. Evan Clark, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025 Protests about immigration and sagging ticket sales were among the reasons cited for the move, according to sources. Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025 This typically helps prevent sagging or dipping in the middle. Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 5 Oct. 2025 Much of the composition is given to the trio of commissioners who, tasked with investigating charges of bias in the trial, upheld the verdict—their faces sagging and stony, their staid officiousness echoing the resolute lines of the courthouse behind them. Nicole Rudick, The New York Review of Books, 2 Oct. 2025 The budget negotiations mark the latest step in the city’s financial crisis, which was caused in large part by sagging sales tax revenue and growing expenses. Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025 Market breadth was soft, the median stock sagging a bit but still in for a decent week. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sagging
Verb
  • Symptoms can appear rapidly, often including trouble with eye movement, vision problems, face drooping, headaches, nausea, loss of balance, problems with talking or chewing.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Signs of overwatering include drooping, wilting, or yellowing leaves.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Women’s Power Stride Tab Socks 3-pack Designed with training in mind, this three-pack of no-show socks boasts an interior grip that keeps them from slipping during use.
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Messi picked up the ball from his compatriot Rodrigo De Paul in midfield and burst toward the backpedaling Nashville back line before slipping the ball outside to Luis Suárez.
    The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Caos isn’t an easy listen, often fading into a bleary haze and not quite coherently fulfilling the implications of its concept.
    Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Imagine slowly losing the center of your vision, like a camera lens fading to fog.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • James O’Donoghue, a planetary scientist with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, likened our planet’s tilting phenomenon to a nodding head.
    Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2021
Verb
  • For care, the brand recommends a gentle machine cycle or hand-washing the dress to clean it, then hanging it to air-dry.
    Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • George’s only hope of hanging onto the ridiculously extravagant life he’s pitched to Hedda is securing a professorial position at the local university.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Washington — The Federal Reserve was already facing one of its most difficult battles, steering a shifting economy through a weakening labor market and stubborn inflation.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Far from expanding opportunity, this excessive wealth locks millions out of the chance to innovate and build, weakening growth for all.
    Scott Ellis, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • No racist stereotypes, no demeaning facial expressions, no bowed heads, and no broken bodies from the old Hollywood.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
  • The composer also added synths to his orchestral score, as well as bowed metal, where a violin bow is rubbed against metal instruments like a cowbell or a Vibraphone, for when Roz has a particularly intense feeling.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • This just makes the upcoming six-game homestand critical for the Wild in not falling too far behind in the Western Conference.
    Joe Smith, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • After the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time since December 2024 last month, experts projected that rates would continue falling—even if ever so slightly.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Sagging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sagging. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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