as in bowing
bending downward or forward
sagging branches that were weighted down with snow
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as in drooping
to be limp from lack of water or vigor
the plant's leaves were sagging feebly in the intense heat
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as in slipping
to decline gradually from a standard level
sales figures have sagged slightly over the past six months
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as in fading
to lose bodily strength or vigor
after a whole day of working in the hot sun, he began to sag
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Recent Examples of sagging
Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
With age, the body’s natural collagen supplies decline, which can result in sagging, crepey skin.
—Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 8 Jan. 2026
Anger over property taxes — particularly in Chicago, where tax bills soared late last year in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods thanks to sagging downtown commercial property values — will be front and center in both those races.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
The upholstery is of nice quality, too—no snags or sagging, at least at this point—and there’s some subtle variation in the coloring that adds a bit of depth (my bed features the Stone fabric, but bouclé is also available).
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2026
Smoking, on the other hand, has been empirically linked to sagging breasts.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Ceramides help strengthen the skin barrier, while collagen and hyaluronic acid plump and smooth areas prone to sagging.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 29 Dec. 2025
This natural decline can lead to wrinkles, sagging skin, and joint stiffness.
—Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 28 Dec. 2025
Keep the load on the hips, not sagging below them.
—Adam Trenkamp, Outside, 27 Dec. 2025
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The fragile skeleton of her ego threatened to snap under the pressure of the animal forces that pressed down on her consciousness, her narrative mind sagging and distended beneath pitiless and grandiose feeling.
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This will help keep drooping earrings upright and help distribute the weight more evenly.—
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Stay below 10% alcohol, and your paperwhite bulbs will still produce beautiful blooms when their water is spiked, just without the tall, drooping stems.—
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Cizikas scored a short-handed goal to tie it 3-3 late in the second period, completing a 2-on-1 rush with Holmstrom by slipping the puck between Gustavsson's pads.—
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To keep a tension rod from slipping, look for rods that have rubber stoppers on the ends or that come with sticky wall brackets.—
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But her role as fading movie star Kay Stone in Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, opposite Timothée Chalamet, marks her grand return.—
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The days of underground stashes and whispered conversations are fading fast.—
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James O’Donoghue, a planetary scientist with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, likened our planet’s tilting phenomenon to a nodding head.—
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Such rotting fruit from the forest floor contained higher concentrations of fermenting yeast and alcohol than the fruits hanging from trees.—
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Even as students work longer hours to avoid borrowing, loans accumulate like a cloud hanging overhead.—
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Milk, butter and cheese prices on the wholesale market and at grocery stores have decreased slightly due to oversupply and weakening consumer demand.—
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This suggests consumers enter 2026 with continuing concerns over high prices and weakening labor market conditions.—
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.—
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—
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Try to find a place that will block blowing or falling debris.—
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Shop my favorite airport looks for winter travel below, with each outfit falling at or below $100.—
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“Sagging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sagging. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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