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Meanings of pathetic droop in English

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Usage of pathetic droop in English
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Yes, he does look rather forlorn; there is a pathetic droop to his mouth.
Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information
2
A pathetic droop came to the corners of her mouth.
The Way of a Man
3
He saw the pathetic droop of her tired shoulders, and knew that she was crying.
Isobel : A Romance of the Northern Trail
4
But her heart sang in her breast and the little pathetic droop of her mouth disappeared.
The Canadian / Photoplay title of The Land of Promise
5
The sweet lips had the old, pathetic droop.
The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
6
There was a pathetic droop to her lips, and her black eyes were sad and dreamy.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
7
A frightened, pathetic droop returned to her lips.
The Hollow of Her Hand
8
There was a strange, vacant expression in her eyes and a pathetic droop to her whole figure.
Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid
9
Beads of perspiration stood upon the little man's forehead, and there was a pathetic droop to his mouth.
The Man Who Knew
10
I could see only the sweet pathetic droop of the lips, for her face was turned away and downward.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
11
There was an expression of wistfulness in her beautiful eyes, and a pathetic droop at the corners of her mouth.
The Return of Tarzan
12
Eradicate was getting old, and there was a pathetic droop to his figure as he shuffled off when Koku superseded him.
Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters; Or, Battling with Flames from...
13
They emerged into the street, the professor very much the same as usual; Beatrice paler, with a pathetic droop about her mouth.
The Tempting of Tavernake
14
The pathetic droop at the corners of her brave gay mouth must have brought sympathy to any who had known her earlier.
The Purchase Price; Or, The Cause of Compromise
15
The pouting lips of the listener took on a pathetic droop, and her voice quivered as she spoke with an effective semblance of virginal terror.
Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
16
She was hardly more than a girl, pretty and refined-looking, with large dark eyes, a pathetic drooping mouth, and a wistful expression.
The Hampstead Mystery
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