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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But on other occasions, particularly when he is tired, the aged President will droop.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
"Just what I feared," she said to herself, "he is mentally excited, and to-morrow will droop."
From Dawn by Harriet A. Adams
She will droop, And, sighing, linger o'er some cherish'd form, Enamour'd while she worships. hermione.
From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by John Roby
So with the human clever dog; he may speak with the tongues of men and angels, but so long as he knows that he knows, his tail will droop.
From Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals by Samuel Butler
