floppy

Example Sentences

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Looking like a life jacket thrown into a car compactor, the work weaves a floppy beam of hazard-orange steel around and through a menacing conglomeration of rusty metal scraps.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

As Betty Boop became more popular, Natwick revised his design to swap the character’s floppy dog’s ears for bangle earrings and shrinking her nose.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

"Team colours, man, we've got to represent," the 27-year-old says, his floppy hair and fresh face making him the image of frontman Damon Albarn.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

With his gym clothes, cross necklace, floppy hair, and singular fixation on linking all of his efforts and successes to his faith, the 19-year-old Pittman looked like the archetype of the Southern Christian sports bro.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2026

Nancy reached down to scratch Chocolate Chip behind her floppy little ears.

From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene