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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

It’s as if, when Early dons Maddie’s blonde wig, complete with perfectly placed flyaways that droop into his face, he is neither himself nor the character, but every woman.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 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

I’d wait so long that Sasha’s and Malia’s eyelids would start to droop and I’d have to carry them to bed.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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

“He speaks as fluently as ever, but his lower lip droops on one side. The ulnar nerve in his left hand was badly damaged.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2023

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

It droops under its own weight, a turquoise hyacinth in bloom on the first day of spring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2022

She has uncombed stringy hair that droops on her shoulders.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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

He stayed down several minutes before walking slowly from the field to the injury tent with his shoulder drooped.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2023

Within moments, her long neck drooped and her eyelids fluttered at half-mast.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023

He came up to my chest, had muscles that would put a Westlake Academy football player to shame, and now that he was standing up, one of his ears drooped.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Mature trees that take decades to establish are drooping, and some have leaves turning brown in August in a stress reaction to excessive heat.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

The shot of the battered Big Baby, one eyelid drooping, sitting on a swing gazing at the full moon, is far more chilling than anything in the “M3GAN” movies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 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

Then a hummingbird careened around the corner of the house and plunged into the trumpet of the nearest lily drooping in the heat.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly