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"He brings the sweetness and floppiness of early career Hugh Grant, but relies less on cringey posh diffidence and more on a sweet theatricality," she wrote.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2024

And also, there was this floppiness to the shark nose—it’s called the rostrum—and she was like, “Yeah, that looks like plastic kind of being melted in the sun.”

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2023

From his very first appearance, there have been those who insist that, given the shape and floppiness of his ears … Superman: The Unauthorized Biography by Glen Weldon.

From Slate • May 3, 2013

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

“Oh, I’m going to faint!” she said, feigning a sinkiness of the knees and a floppiness of the head.

From The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 by Stephens, Robert Neilson