How to Use floppy in a Sentence

floppy

1 of 2 adjective
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  • And here comes Jesus in a red nose and big floppy shoes.
    — Zachary Pincus-Roth, Washington Post, 19 May 2022
  • Pair it with a set of wedges, sandals, or a floppy hat to finish off the look.
    — Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 13 May 2022
  • The head coach was 56 and had an affinity for cigars and floppy hats.
    — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Back at the stables, a small figure in a checked shirt and floppy hat jumps down from the post-and-beam fence.
    — Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2022
  • People at that time asked for bank wires to be sent and so that floppy disks could be shipped.
    — CBS News, 4 Aug. 2021
  • In the clip, the Live With Kelly and Ryan co-host stunned in an emerald green bikini and a floppy hat.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Turell now plays with a yarmulke atop his floppy blond mane, but didn’t always.
    — New York Times, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Large, floppy wide-brimmed straw hats are great for the beach, but difficult to wear around a city.
    — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2023
  • Others want to take an adorable paw or floppy ear and pretend to eat it.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The front of the package did show Barbie clad in her chef’s whites, a floppy toque, and a very Barbie side-pony.
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 11 July 2023
  • The other, Rivet, is a wide-eyed, floppy-eared girl with blue fur.
    — Reid McCarter, Wired, 4 Sep. 2021
  • Sure enough, the floppy precooked omelet patties were as nasty as old sponges.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 28 Mar. 2023
  • This way, your wide-brim, floppy hats won't overlap once put away.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2022
  • But despite the mess, the misshapen dough and the floppy pizza slices, laughter filled that tiny kitchen.
    — Sonja and Alex Overhiser, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Incorporate your scrunchie style with a wide-brim hat in the fall, or a floppy straw hat in the summer at the beach.
    — Daria Smith, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Incorporate your scrunchie style with a wide brim hat in the fall or floppy straw hat in the summer at the beach.
    — Daria Smith, Southern Living, 1 June 2021
  • As the teacher droned one day, Rindy mindlessly looked across the aisle at this floppy-haired boy.
    — oregonlive, 15 Nov. 2021
  • His floppy hair swoops back off his forehead with the same dip and curl, his eyes have the same savvy directness.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2021
  • The floppy discs were sent to addresses all over the world obtained from a mailing list.
    — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 16 May 2021
  • Some cool stuff, some terrible ideas, and a very, very floppy wiper.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The bellows, composed of many 5.25-inch floppy disks cut and taped into shape, emit air through a hole when squeezed.
    — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Urushibata, a stern young man with the pretty face and floppy hair of a J-pop idol, turned to Neil and spoke to him, in English.
    — Robert Moor, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • His shirt cuffs are overexposed from the blazer sleeve, and the point collar is too floppy.
    — Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The floppy-eared, playful dogs, ranging in age from two weeks to four years, were checked out and cleaned up by shelter staff.
    — Stephen Hudak, orlandosentinel.com, 6 July 2021
  • The teacher was a young, floppy-haired man shaped like an upside-down trapezoid.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Japan isn't the only entity holding on to the floppy, though.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2024
  • To fix a train system reliant on floppy disks and 50-year-old traffic lights.
    — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 May 2022
  • The floppy leaves can be cooked like spinach, either alone or mixed with other greens, and will turn gorgeously silky in the pan.
    — New York Times, 17 May 2021
  • If the stem becomes floppy, simply cut your flower and enjoy in a vase.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 15 Oct. 2021
  • One little girl sits in the grass and hugs Miriam, an excitable, floppy eared princess who loves to be cuddled.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 30 May 2022
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floppy

2 of 2 noun
  • To finish: Bring a pan of water to a boil and blanch the Chinese cabbage leaves and baby bok choy until floppy, about 4 to 5 minutes.
    — Sarah Fritsche, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The next, the ricotta inside floppy tortellini got an extra spur from lemon zest.
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 6 June 2017
  • At least 60 percent of my dreams feature airplanes shaped like my bedroom and supported by floppy, creaky iron wings.
    — Katie Heaney, The Cut, 5 July 2018
  • Dark-bearded and muscular, the research ecologist sports a uniform of blue work clothes, sturdy boots and a floppy, Army-style camo hat.
    — Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Harry Styles has been a long time proponent of the look, with his floppy, voluminous coif taking those rom-com vibes and marrying them to some more 70s rock star looks, plus some 80s blowout aesthetic added in for fun.
    — Max Berlinger, GQ, 17 July 2017
  • To finish: Bring a pan of water to a boil and blanch the Chinese cabbage leaves and baby bok choy until floppy, about 4 to 5 minutes.
    — Sarah Fritsche, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The next, the ricotta inside floppy tortellini got an extra spur from lemon zest.
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 6 June 2017
  • At least 60 percent of my dreams feature airplanes shaped like my bedroom and supported by floppy, creaky iron wings.
    — Katie Heaney, The Cut, 5 July 2018
  • Dark-bearded and muscular, the research ecologist sports a uniform of blue work clothes, sturdy boots and a floppy, Army-style camo hat.
    — Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Harry Styles has been a long time proponent of the look, with his floppy, voluminous coif taking those rom-com vibes and marrying them to some more 70s rock star looks, plus some 80s blowout aesthetic added in for fun.
    — Max Berlinger, GQ, 17 July 2017

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