verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
eyelids...droop (= close, because he was sleepy )
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His eyelids began to droop .
sb’s shoulders slump/droop/sag (= move downwards because they are sad or tired )
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‘You 're right,’ he sighed, his shoulders drooping.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
eyelid
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Twice I ran perilously close to the edge, my eyes dazzled and eyelids drooping .
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Towards the end of his harangue his head grew heavy, his eyelids drooped , and his speech became thick.
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Her eyelids drooped , fluttered, and then drooped again.
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One of the issues in his last re- election campaign was that his eyelids frequently drooped during meetings.
head
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His head momentarily drooped to the side and Mrs Atkins said again, ` Well!
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Their heads drooped , their cars waggled forward, they snuffed hopelessly at the dusty ground.
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Her arms had dropped to her sides and her head drooped .
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She lets her head droop against my arm.
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Her head was drooped between her resting forearms and clenched hands.
shoulder
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One of its shoulder straps had drooped to her upper arm.
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Her shoulders drooped , and her hands lay limp in her lap.
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After three months in prison he entered the bare room listlessly, shoulders drooping .
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In spite of firm resolution, his shoulders drooped again, almost of their own accord.
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Her little shoulders drooped , her arms hung straight by her sides.
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Ace's shoulders drooped , and she closed her eyes.
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She let the sewing drop on to her lap and her shoulders drooped a little.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Can you water the plants? They're starting to droop .
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Consumer spending could revive the drooping economy.
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He watered the vines so little that the leaves drooped and the tendrils withered.
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These flowers are beginning to droop . You'd better water them.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For a day or two this tactic was mildly successful, but eventually even Auster began to droop from the monotony.
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Haig and Kendall seemed almost to droop as the adrenalin drained out of them.
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Her eyes were just drooping into sleep when she snapped back into consciousness.
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Most of the vines looked lifeless, their leaves drooping from the woody stems and curling into cylinders.
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One of its shoulder straps had drooped to her upper arm.
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Towards the end of his harangue his head grew heavy, his eyelids drooped, and his speech became thick.
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Twice I ran perilously close to the edge, my eyes dazzled and eyelids drooping.