drooped; drooping; droops
1
: to hang or incline downward
2
: to sink gradually
3
: to become depressed or weakened : languish
: to let droop
Synonyms
Examples of droop in a Sentence
Verb
The flowers were drooping in the hot sun.
Her eyelids drooped as she grew tired.
The tree's branches drooped under the weight of the snow.
His spirits drooped when he didn't get the job.
Noun
tighten the line at the top of the banner so there won't be so much droop
Recent Examples on the Web
Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
Forecasting Climate on a Backyard Scale On the long drives between field sites, dead sunflowers droop under a relentless sky.
—Lois Parshley, Scientific American, 1 May 2018
Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
The flowers have white throats and stems that droop slightly.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2024
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Verb
When Fetterman emerged from the bathroom, Gisele noticed that his words were slurred and his face was drooping.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
Forecasting Climate on a Backyard Scale On the long drives between field sites, dead sunflowers droop under a relentless sky.
—Lois Parshley, Scientific American, 1 May 2018
Noun
Transitory columns of evanescent foam rise, droop and fall.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
The flowers have white throats and stems that droop slightly.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2024
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“Droop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/droop. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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droop
1 of 2 verb1
: to sink, bend, or hang down
2
: to become depressed or weak
droopy
adjective
ˈdrü-pē
droop
2 of 2 noun
: the condition or appearance of drooping
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