- present participle of droop.
drooping
Example Sentences
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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
Other symptoms include constipation, drooping eyelids, sluggish pupils and a weak cry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 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
And there are plenty of hybrid creatures, apocalyptic nightmares, strange juxtapositions and drooping abnormalities of the melting-watch variety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
On the raised part of the near end Hazel was crouching, his ears drooping on either side of his head and his flattened fur completely black with rain.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
