droop
verb (used without object)
to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
will droop
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future tenseof droop.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Director Crocker noted that tomato plants are so sensitive that they will droop in the presence of one part of gas to 100,000 of air.
From Time Magazine Archive
But on other occasions, particularly when he is tired, the aged President will droop.
From Time Magazine Archive
If such be the future prospects of our army and navy, their spirits will droop, and half that ardour that generates success subside!
From An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies, in the Year 1794, Under the Command of their Excellencies Lieutenant General Sir Charles Grey, K.B., and Vice Admiral Sir John Jervis, K.B. by Cooper Willyams
That drooping, the production will droop, even if nature should continue the extra supplies; and the old state of prices must restore itself.
From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 by Alexander H. (Alexander Hay) Japp
Presently my back will droop like a wilting flowerstalk.
From The Wonderful Visit by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
