Example Sentences

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Another possibility is that people will use their refund money to build rainy-day funds, at a time when savings rates are drooping.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

Navarro’s feet are up and his eyelids are drooping.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2020

That the flowers on the tables are drooping from lack of water.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2019

As Kleinick waxes on about social engineering, corporations having their email compromised, and the recent WannaCry ransom attack, heads are drooping left and right.

From The Verge • Jul. 26, 2017

I stay with him until the moon has set and my eyes are drooping and Schillinger takes over at the window.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron