droop

Example Sentences

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However, an increase in power supplied to the LED results in a decrease in its efficiency, a phenomenon known as efficiency droop.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024

In the spring, maroon flowers droop from the branches.

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2024

The dancers droop and drag when they’re alone, anxiously turning in on themselves as though they might like to disappear entirely.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024

A 3D-modeling program used for mechanical and civil engineering accurately predicted how the carrots would droop over time, the team reports today in Royal Society Open Science.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 23, 2024

Their purple-hooded yellow faces began to droop in the sun, so I shielded them with my other hand.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein