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

After eating a meal at a restaurant, Molly "started getting really lethargic, then just went floppy", Katy recalled.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

“This stretch is a common dumping ground,” she told me, eyes hidden behind sunglasses under a floppy sun hat.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 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

She punched and rolled it, over and over, till her arms were floppy and the doughball was smooth.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr