Example Sentences

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Within days her eyelid had drooped and swelled.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

My second cruise, from 1980 to 1981, was wonderfully timed for a resurgence of energy in an art world that, like me, had drooped through the seventies.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 2, 2018

His personal opinion polls had drooped, with some sentiment that Labor was failing to cut through on policy issues.

From The Guardian • May 9, 2016

Then, almost as quickly as his face had drooped, it changed.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2011

But her skin had drooped, so it hung down in a grouchy look, and sometimes it was hard to see the smile underneath.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry