had been drooping
- past perfect progressive of droop.
Example Sentences
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For more than a year, the wings of high-flying People Express had been drooping under the heat of intense competition.
From Time Magazine Archive
A frank refusal was on her tongue, and her head, which had been drooping, was thrown back with an infinitely pretty air of defiance, to give it.
From The Old Helmet, Volume I by Warner, Susan
The boy had been drooping sadly of late—the heat tried him—and, as Audrey knew, Biddy's homely dishes seldom tempted his sickly appetite.
From Lover or Friend by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
Throughout the year 1815, Major John Scott had been drooping.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
As the speaker's voice ceased, little Susannah Hoxie's head, which had been drooping lower and lower, finally found a resting-place, and was encircled by her mother's arm.
From A Book of Quaker Saints by Hodgkin, L. V. (Lucy Violet)
