Example Sentences

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The man goes droopingly downstairs and feeds the unicorn a lily.

From Time Magazine Archive

"We-uns 'ain't got none at our house," whined the sun-bonnet, droopingly, moving off slowly on its legs, which, indeed, seemed borrowed, so unsteady and loath to go they were.

From The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge and Other Stories by Murfree, Mary Noailles

He rained kisses on her head resting droopingly against him.

From Snow-Blind by Burt, Katharine Newlin

For about three-quarters of the way up, the 'plume' of which Clara speaks has one straight trunk, which then bends over droopingly.

From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Church, Ella Rodman

She stood droopingly while his steps went down the stairs and out through the veranda and ceased upon the grass.

From Rose MacLeod by Brown, Alice