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Its floppy feathers droop from the ceiling and stretch out across the ground, dominating the gallery after seeming to have deflated midflight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

"There is a limit to how much droop you can allow," says Simon Hogg, a consultant and professor emeritus at Durham University.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

The shrub — reportedly named for leaves that can droop and coil like poodle fur — primarily grows in Southern California in chaparral between roughly 3,300 to 7,500 feet, on granitic slopes and ridges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2025

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

Sometimes I’m afraid my face is going to sag with all this sorrow and that my mouth is going to permanently droop at the corners.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

The split between the two companies points to a so-called K-shaped economy —named that way because the upper arm rises while the lower arm droops.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

Okay, the dry-fried cauliflower droops by the time its lid is removed at home, but the seasoning is the blast furnace fans expect.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2022

In the photo, she’s thinner, and her face droops.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2022

“Cyrano” should soar when the music begins; instead, it droops.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2022

His sandy mustache droops on either side of his mouth, and despite his relative youth, his movements as he sits are slow and deliberate.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

At least once, the side of his face drooped on national television.

From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2025

Within days her eyelid had drooped and swelled.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025

Jackie, who turns 13 this spring, puffed up her feathers, drooped her wings, bore down and released her latest egg, according to the group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025

Hicks drooped his head for a few seconds, thinking he caught the ball and the drive was foul, and two runs scored before he reacted and picked up the ball.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2022

Her hair was carelessly gathered up and tied with a bow that drooped sadly.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

Other symptoms include constipation, drooping eyelids, sluggish pupils and a weak cry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

Those figures are a remarkable contrast to the drooping ratings for CBS’s other mainstay news programs in the morning External link and evening External link.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Another possibility is that people will use their refund money to build rainy-day funds, at a time when savings rates are drooping.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026

According to the exhibition catalog, “Aso Oke” was inspired by the handwoven openwork fabric of Nigeria’s Yoruba people, as well as the drooping fila gobi ceremonial cap worn by Yoruba men.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025

That bit of rope couldn’t keep his trousers from drooping dangerously low, and the moths had made quite a meal out of his felt hat.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney