How to Use droopy in a Sentence

droopy

adjective

• My eyelids are droopy, leading to significant pressure, blurry vision, and dizziness.
  — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
• His face felt numb and droopy, and his speech became slurred.
  — Julia Michie Bruckner, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2019
• That side of her face now looked flat and droopy, like her eyelid.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 29 Sep. 2022
• At times, his droopy eyes appeared to lock with those of the readers.
  — Talia Richman, baltimoresun.com, 12 Dec. 2017
• Don't give up on that droopy celery just yet, says the Save the Food campaign.
  — Special To The Plain Dealer, cleveland.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• At the clinic, Sue’s face kept swelling, and her eyes were droopy and bloodshot.
  — Tom Davis, Field & Stream, 18 June 2020
• When the leaves begin to look droopy, this plant needs more water.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2023
• Those meds help the important parts get all nice and droopy.
  — Jon Irwin, Men's Health, 25 Oct. 2022
• One day, your curls may be full of life and volume, and the next, looking like a droopy mop.
  — Allure, 20 Aug. 2021
• Thompson’s huge frame and droopy dog mask have served as the leading image for the Dawg Pound for decades.
  — SI.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• The officer noted that her eyes looked glossy and droopy.
  — cleveland, 28 May 2021
• However, if the leaves look droopy, go ahead and give your plant some water.
  — Jenny Krane, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2022
• The brown German shepherd mix with a dark snout and slightly droopy ears walked up to the front porch, set down the bag of food, and lay on the floor, Segovia said.
  — Kristine Phillips, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2017
• Everything about him slumped — his shoulders, his face, the droopy lids over his eyes.
  — John Carlisle, Freep.com, 1 Dec. 2019
• Fever, chest pain, trouble getting deep breaths, droopy eyes, the symptoms were there.
  — Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2020
• Many critics said the drawings made the children look ugly, with wide-set, droopy eyes.
  — New York Times, 31 May 2022
• The pie — in its overlap of sweet, salty, crisp and magnificently droopy — is too great to let steam for long in a box.
  — Bill Addisonrestaurant Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• That can lead to droopy cheeks, hip pain, even full-body inflammation.
  — Allure Staff, Allure, 27 July 2019
• There were bags under her eyes and her antennae looked droopy.
  — Simon Rich, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
• In top form, Trevor is a dashing black-and-brown dachshund with a long, slender body, stout little legs and droopy ears.
  — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 1 June 2018
• Now, one is smudging slightly, a droopy black blob marred with sweat — the team has been doing laps, testing their speed.
  — Nicole Blackwood, chicagotribune.com, 18 July 2019
• My arms were droopy and my balance looked precarious, as though my stringy legs might not be strong enough to hold up the weight of my body.
  — Alice Robb, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2023
• Her skin was like an elephant’s, ancient, wrinkled and droopy, but also soft and drapey like linen.
  — Melissa Berman, Longreads, 19 Aug. 2019
• Once awake, police say Woods was swaying, that his eyes were extremely droopy and seemed as if he was lost.
  — CBS News, 31 May 2017
• Simply lift out the liner filled with droopy summer bloomers and drop in one planted with fresh fall flowers.
  — Jodi Torpey/ Special To The Denver Post, The Denver Post, 19 May 2017
• For some women, the threat of droopy breasts is a reasonable deterrent.
  — Shanon Lee, Redbook, 14 July 2015
• The moose lifted his head in bovine oblivion and turned to the camera, plants draping his antlers, water running down his droopy face.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 29 Sep. 2020
• Last year's winner was a 125-pound gentle giant named Martha — a Neopolitan Mastiff with gas and a droopy face.
  — NBC News, 24 June 2018
• Last year's winner was a 125-pound gentle giant named Martha -- a Neapolitan Mastiff with gas and a droopy face.
  — CBS News, 24 June 2018
• Dogs are kept in small cages on wheels before they’re slaughtered, their tails tucked between their hind legs and faces withdrawn with droopy eyes.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024