verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sagging morale (= when people are getting less confident and positive )
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He did his best to boost the sagging morale of the civil service.
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.
your skin sags (= it hangs down in loose folds, because you are old )
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The skin on her arms was already starting to sag.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
back
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He sagged back against the wall, and held out his hand.
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With the years, the centers of such graves sag back to the ground.
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Her head sags back against the pillow.
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Ezra sagged back in his seat.
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Instead, he sagged back in his chair and took no further action.
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The parrot turned into an owl: Capshaw sagged back down into his chair.
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I sagged back against the kitchen counter.
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Some of the porch floorboards had rotted through and the steps sagged back against the house.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Edberg seemed to sag after losing the second set.
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His whole body seemed to sag with relief.
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Stock prices sagged again today.
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The shelves sagged under the weight of hundreds of records and CDs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Benjy sat on his sagging back steps with six-year-old Louis Klubock, who lived next door.
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He sagged back against the wall, and held out his hand.
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Once, when morale was sagging, a visibly pregnant IsabelIa rode up to cheer the troops.
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She turned and saw that the table sagged in the middle.
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There was a wide, cobbled enclosure, flanked on all sides by sagging black buildings.
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Your face will be more likely to have a dull complexion, with podgy, sagging cheeks and double chin.