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

“That advice has not aged well—it has the practical value of a floppy disk today,” wrote Gill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

His parents were told he might never walk and might struggle with eating after needing surgery for a floppy larynx.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

He had a turned-up nose and floppy ears.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff