droop
verb (used without object)
to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
has been drooping
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present perfect progressiveof droop (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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My poor girl has been drooping ever since I told her it could not be.”
From A Chosen Few Short Stories by Frank Richard Stockton
How creditable, Mr. Editor, would it be to the dissenters to revive this cause, which of late has been drooping!
From The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, 1835 by Various
