droops

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2022

An unframed and unfurled painting by Sheila Crider, hung so that each end droops, offers the show’s exemplary title: “Shape Shifter.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022

Her eyes are bored, her head droops forward, the way it has been put.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood