droop
Example Sentences
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But her skin had drooped, so it hung down in a grouchy look, and sometimes it was hard to see the smile underneath.
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That bit of rope couldn’t keep his trousers from drooping dangerously low, and the moths had made quite a meal out of his felt hat.
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But even as I say it my eyes are drooping closed.
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Mari flipped, a little too vigorously, and one of the pancakes drooped over the side.
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Another possibility is that people will use their refund money to build rainy-day funds, at a time when savings rates are drooping.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.