Example Sentences

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The economy has seen little to no growth, and living standards have sagged in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 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