How to Use droop in a Sentence

droop

1 of 2 verb
  • The tree's branches drooped under the weight of the snow.
  • The flowers were drooping in the hot sun.
  • His spirits drooped when he didn't get the job.
  • Her eyelids drooped as she grew tired.
  • If your tulips start to droop, give the stems a fresh cut.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Her face was drooping on the left side.
    — Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Leaves can droop when there’s not enough light for the plant to thrive.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Two boys saw the balloons had drooped to the ground.
    — Sue Ambrose, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Jake is forced to watch as Neteyam's eyes droop with his last breath.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2022
  • After a freeze, leaves will turn limp and brown and droop to the ground.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
  • There is more work yet ahead of us and a long, eye-drooping drive home.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Too little water and the plants may droop and fail to bloom.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
  • My arm went numb, and my face went numb and started drooping.
    — Fox News, 28 Sep. 2018
  • Learn how to revive hydrangeas when their blooms start to droop.
    — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The road was shutdown, as live power lines drooped across the road.
    — Ryan Gillespie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 May 2017
  • When the leaves begin to droop and turn brown, the bulbs are ready to harvest.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
  • His right eye and corner of the right side of his mouth both appeared to droop on air.
    — Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 18 May 2020
  • Too thick of a mascara coat, and suddenly my gaze droops.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The anchor lines were tight, but one was drooping in the water.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Too much sun can also cause drooping when there’s not enough water.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 21 May 2026
  • His hair, flecked with gray, drooped on his forehead and small dark rings had formed under his eyes.
    — Michael Tackett, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Finnish laser scans revealed the reason tree branches droop at night.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
  • His beard was shaved, but a long, drooping mustache remained.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
  • North says to keep the soil moist and watch for drooping leaves, which indicate your tree needs a drink.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 25 June 2026
  • Its drooping branches tend to hug the tree but can sometimes spread as far as 8 feet.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Apple started pushing the plan last year as iPhone sales drooped.
    — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The piece ends with all the instruments drooping their pitch in a downward slide.
    — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • With no cap or stem, this unique mushroom consists of long spines that droop down like a tousled mop of hair.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The chickens stomp with swift feet like an Irish step dancer, keeping their tails erect and wings drooped.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
  • After a while, your eyelids get heavy and your head begins to droop, slowly at first.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 17 Feb. 2022

droop

2 of 2 noun
  • Ask the person to smile and check to see if one side of the face droops.
    — Trihealth, Cincinnati.com, 1 Feb. 2018
  • To harvest bulbs, wait until the leaves turn brown and droop.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Its petals turn brown, its stalk droops, and the plant disappears.
    — Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
  • His body droops and his face sags, jowls draping under a thatch of beard.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Her breasts droop; her navel frowns; her ankles bulge; her shoulders slump.
    — Julia Felsenthal, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2019
  • Once flowers start to droop, snap them off so the plant can focus on new growth.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 June 2023
  • Trees show distress when their leaves first droop, curl and brown, and finally drop.
    — Carol Stocker, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Day after day, Lotte’s head droops, drops, sinks onto the proof sheet on her desk.
    — Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
  • The gauges in his ears have been confiscated and the lobes droop along with his spirits.
    — David Debolt, The Mercury News, 17 June 2017
  • But also less, judging, at least, from the stupendous droop of my mouth.
    — New York Times, 19 Apr. 2022
  • But on a longer cast, just a slight bit of droop will magnify into larger and larger loops.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 30 Dec. 2020
  • The injuries left him with two different colored eyes and a slight facial droop.
    — Dallas News, 23 Oct. 2022
  • The former Green Beret medic let his mustache droop, and his hair reach his shoulders.
    — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 24 May 2019
  • As the teacher starts reading a book or telling a story, her eyes, hidden with the camera off, start to droop.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2021
  • As the day gained strength around them, August watched his father’s eyes droop, then close completely.
    — New York Times, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Most options can help with a mild to moderate droop—mine is extremely severe.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Watch Gage discuss the group chat — and how a botched botox procedure made one of his eyes droop for six weeks — in the clip above.
    — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Smoking can also cause collagen in skin to break down, promoting droop.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The potent combo of age and gravity causes most women's breasts to droop at least somewhat over time.
    — Alyssa Hertzig, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Dec. 2016
  • The thought of trying to store a van in Lower Manhattan made his insides droop.
    — Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, 24 June 2019
  • Their wind and sun protection are best when the lower branches droop down, touching or nearly touching the ground.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 16 Jan. 2020
  • One wing droops like a puppy’s ear, the fuselage is dented and bent, the propeller and instruments gone.
    — Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Rents must still be paid and brands advertised—the poshest ones spend the best part of $1bn a year on marketing—even as sales droop.
    — The Economist, 20 June 2020
  • The mature honey-locust tree which shades the yard outside my studio compelled me to capture the droop and drift of its leaves.
    — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
  • So much spark has been backed out by the anti-detonation electronics that the horsepower curve droops like licorice in the sun.
    — Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 1 May 2023
  • His enormous eyelids droop down over his pupils, threatening to cover them completely and block out his vision.
    — Richard Cork, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Engage your core and keep your back flat, so your body looks like one straight line from your head all the way down to your heels; don't bend at your hips or let any part of your body droop.
    — Lindsey Lanquist, SELF, 9 Apr. 2018
  • His face appears to flicker in and out of the head that houses it; his mouth, normally in a wry downturn, droops and then disappears.
    — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 11 June 2018
  • The camera keeps rolling and through the inexorable march of time, the burger sits, the lettuce wilts, the tomato droops, and mold grows on the burger.
    — Melissa Locker, Time, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Dennis Hopper grew one for Easy Rider that seemed to droop from the weight of its own wokeness.
    — Miles Raymer, Esquire, 22 Dec. 2016

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