droop

[US]/druːp/
[UK]/druːp/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. sag; become limp; wither
vt. make something sag
n. depression; sagging

Example Sentences

flowers drooping in the midday heat.

drooped from lack of sleep.

she was a drooping, attenuated figure.

the exhausted droop of her shoulders.

Her head drooped sadly.

The old woman's body drooped with weariness.

These plants are drooping—they want water.

don't cheat by allowing your body to droop—this defeats the object of the exercise.

a long black cloak drooped from his shoulders.

his eyelids drooped and he became drowsy.

Several branches of the willows drooped over the water.

Her eyelids drooped as if she were on the verge of sleep.

The flowers drooped soon after we picked them.

James hid his face in his hands and drooped his head.

Laryngomalacia is the most common etiology of non-infectious molluscum in infancy.Endoscopic morphology revealed abnormal droop of sub-glottis structures in inhale.

A deciduous North American tree(Prunus serotina) having drooping, elongate clusters of white flowers and blackish, somewhat poisonous fruits.

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