sag
verb (used without object)
to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, especially in the middle.
have sagged
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present perfectof sag.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Shares in Caesars and its betting peers have sagged in recent months as investors digest the potential threat to their businesses prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi pose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
Home sales in recent years have sagged as both mortgage rates and home prices rose.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2025
Attempts to improve infant mortality, life expectancy and employment have sagged despite government funding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
Analysts had expected a gloomy economic outlook to hit Microsoft's Windows business, which depends heavily on PC sales that have sagged in recent quarters.
From Reuters ● Apr. 25, 2023
Those shoulders that bloomed in Nsukka, that grew wide and capable, have sagged in the thirty-one months that he has been here.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
