drooping
下垂的,低垂的,垂头丧气,下垂
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Definitions
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- : to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- : to fall into a state of physical weakness; flag; fail.
- : to lose spirit or courage.
- : to descend, as the sun; sink.
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- : to let sink or drop: an eagle drooping its wings.
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- : a sagging, sinking, bending, or hanging down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
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Examples
"The first clue was my landing time," says Jenna, her eyelids already drooping after one hit.
On the other hand, it has restored drooping public support in allied countries for the idea of allying with Washington.
When it was his turn to speak he was dull and off-form, his eyes drooping with fatigue.
Mrs. Haight regarded the radiant young hostess with a malignant stare, prudently veiled by drooping lids.
The draught invigorated Marius, it cheered Tressan's drooping spirits, and it quenched the Dowager's thirst.
His shoulders were drooping forward, his head was bowed, and his face was heavy with grief.
No drooping Clytie could be more constant than I to him who strikes the chord that is responsive in my soul.
He looked up as a middle-aged man with a drooping mustache approached.