Example Sentences

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Once mainly performed to aid with obscured vision due to excessive eyelid droopiness, the bleph has turned increasingly cosmetic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

Yes, there were black spots, some droopiness, and — in the case of the uncovered bunch — a thinning of leaves, but they looked and smelled fresh.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2022

The standout among the younger performers is Miles Teller, whose to-the-screen-born poise and controlled nervous energy make a jolting contrast to the pouts and droopiness of some of the other secondary male leads.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2015

Not the place to go for dark droopiness but rather eyelet and A-lines, florals and perk.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2014

Through his two central characters, Bunthorpe and Grosvenor, Gilbert gently pours scorn on aesthetic language and values and self-conscious languor, the floppiness and droopiness that characterised the craze.

From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2011