Used in a Sentence

droop

How to use droop in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for droop.

Editorial note

If you print over thin air, it'll droop.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of droop gathered in one view.

noun

a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat"

verb

droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

verb

hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for droop.

noun

a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat"

verb

droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

verb

hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled"

verb

become limp; "The flowers wilted"

Example sentences

1

If you print over thin air, it'll droop.

2

As I said before, you want your hands to droop onto the keybaord and trackball.

3

The HP Pavillion dv6100 feels like it's going to droop like a taffy bar when I hold it with one hand.

4

That goes on to tell the device how much power it can pull without causing a power droop.

5

When I know I'm close to the goal, suddenly my eyelids start to droop or my legs feel heavy.

6

An interesting article, but it makes me wonder: Do we have to worry about droop at all?

7

At the current levels needed for general lighting, droop kicks in, and down you go, below 100 lm/W.

8

If you can create the problem on demand...... high power 90's era microwave ovens drain ~~1200 watts --- could it be line droop?

9

I believe you may be missing a link here, that droop, or its physical cause, IS the entire problem that causes strains on price and size constraints.

10

In fact, the most relaxed position had my hands drooping over the keyboard and trackball with virtually no tension on the upper tendons.

11

For example, I'm not aware of an industry standard methodology for accounting for the timing impact of localized supply droop.

12

With a cavity and an adjustable chair your forearms are horizontal, your wrist is horizontal and your fingers very naturally droop onto the keyboard or trackball.

13

I've occasionally seen this effect mentioned with regard to microbenchmarking, but never understood why this might be. Are vector units actually slowly activated over several cycles so as to reduce voltage droop?

14

> Solid-state lighting won't supplant the lightbulb until it can overcome the mysterious malady known as "droop"Counterpoint:"Incandescent lighting will never make a come back against solid state until it can overcome the mysterious maladies known as 'the fizzle and the pop', and its voracious power consumption.

15

Wind turbines and solar distributed generation without batteries can't provide it, so not only do we need more dispatchable resources like gas, hydro, etc to be able to quickly make up the variations in wind and solar output, but the conventional plants either can't run as close to 100% output or have to have increased droop to make up for the sources that have zero droop.

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But when the melancholy fit shall fall Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud, That fosters the droop-headed flowers all, And hides the green hill in an April shroud; Then glut thy sorrow on a morning HN, Or on the rainbow of the salt sand-reddit, Or on the wealth of globed nerds from afar; Or if thy mistress some rich anger shows, Imprison her harsh hand, and let her rave, And feed deep, deep upon her peerless eyes.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use droop in a sentence?

If you print over thin air, it'll droop.

What does droop mean?

a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat"

What part of speech is droop?

droop is commonly used as noun, verb.