Drooped
//dɹuːpt// adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of droop form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Lacking stiffness. not-comparable
"She was too young to realize the full horror of her position, and ere long she had fallen asleep, curled up like a kitten, with the silken, tangled curls of her hair blown about her pretty, drooped face […]"
Example
More examples"He watched over her slumber for some time, but Nature proved to be too strong for him. For three days and three nights he had allowed himself neither rest nor repose. Slowly the eyelids drooped over the tired eyes, and the head sunk lower and lower upon the breast, until the man's grizzled beard was mixed with the gold tresses of his companion, and both slept the same deep and dreamless slumber."
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