droopy
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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
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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