droop
Example Sentences
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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
Achieving high-efficiency green emission has been difficult with traditional hexagonal III-nitride even with increasing the indium content -- a costly element required for green emission -- which leads to higher defect densities and efficiency droop.
From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 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
She left, and I watched TV until dark, and then, when my eyelids were starting to droop, Marta showed me my bed.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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