How to Use droopy in a Sentence

droopy

adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • Vonnegut had the look—sad, kind eyes under that mop of uncontrollable hair, the full droopy mustache.
    Susan Farrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2023
  • Vonnegut had the look – sad, kind eyes under that mop of uncontrollable hair, the full droopy mustache.
    Susan Farrell, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2023

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