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droopy

[droo-pee] / ˈdru pi /


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William, who Rona chirpily informs us has “a rare mucous membrane disorder,” is happy to get “lugubrious”: “Meaning extremely sad and droopy? A topic I am all too familiar with.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 24, 2025

Other symptoms of botulism can include droopy eyelids, double vision and weak facial muscles.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2025

The illness started last summer with headaches, blurry vision and a droopy face, alarming doctors at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence.

From Seattle Times May 13, 2024

Michelson’s devotion to animal welfare extended to his own pet Blue, a beige-and-white dog with droopy eyes he celebrated on Instagram with the tongue-in-cheek handle @scarypitbully.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2024

He was short, with a small head and a thin, droopy mustache that reminded little Willy of the last time he’d drunk a glass of milk in a hurry.

From "Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner

The road trips have been long, the games have been stacked and, inside the Lakers’ locker room, the eyes have been droopier.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 28, 2023

It was droopier and darker than the uncovered bouquet, and some of the leaves had even started to grow mold.

From Salon Apr. 27, 2022

Their zeal, their diverse characterizations and their startlingly rapid costume changes prop up even the droopier, more sentimental scenes well into the second act.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 21, 2019

Luciano’s droopy eye seems to be getting droopier with every episode.

From New York Times Oct. 26, 2014

He wore pyjama tops as shirts and had a droopy moustache and even droopier bags under his eyes that hinted at a world of pain.

From The Guardian Jun. 28, 2012

Every inch of grass was covered with tents—row after crooked row of the grimiest, droopiest tents Nate had ever seen.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis




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