drooped

Example Sentences

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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

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

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023

She was on a United flight from Toronto to San Francisco when her now-deceased father, then in his 80s, began showing concerning symptoms: The right side of his face and arm drooped.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2023

The sheets had drooped from their hospital corners; they wilted onto the floor.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez