droop
verb (used without object)
to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
am drooping
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present progressiveof droop (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I should be expressing more gratitude for the lack of logic in the universe, but I am drooping and losing my élan.
From Washington Post
I am drooping, am with'ring, am blighted; But the wreck of life shattered you see.
From The Anglican Friar and the Fish which he Took by Hook and by Crook by A. Novice
Seek not to detain me, Leander," she said; "for, goddess as I am, I am drooping under this persistent obduracy.
From The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance by Bernard Partridge
