drooping

Example Sentences

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Drooping power lines blocked half of the driveway.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2023

Drooping from the heat, the animals lolled on sidewalks and packed into vacant lots in the capital Dakar, where their numbers multiplied in the weeks before the holiday on Monday.

From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2016

Drooping demand and a steadily swelling surplus production of some 2 million bbl. per day have created a miniglut that grows bigger by the week.

From Time Magazine Archive

Drooping their tails, glancing warily at her, they trotted away—all but Kapu.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

Grey clouds on the tinted sky, A drifting moon, a quiet breeze Drooping mournfully to cry In the branches of the trees.

From The Adventures of Seumas Beg The Rocky Road to Dublin by Stephens, James