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If a person’s face is drooping and they are unable to smile or can’t lift their arms, medical attention should be sought immediately.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2022

Q: How do I know if my money tree is drooping from lack of water or too much water?

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2022

For two years I’ve complained to management and the board that my balcony is drooping and is unsafe to use but they just ignore me.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2017

The cabin is drooping and logs are deteriorating at the site where, in 1869, Ma, Pa, Laura, Mary and baby Carrie Ingalls settled near Independence in the southeastern corner of Kansas.

From Washington Times • Feb. 24, 2017

“And, sir,” she said with warning, “it is drooping in the de- scendent.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson