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Meanings of sagging in English

Hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)

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Usage of sagging in English
1
Turnbull has consistently led opinion polls, but his personal popularity is sagging.
Reuters
2
The mere mention of a summit window boosted the sagging basecamp morale.
Rock and Ice Magazine
3
It was long enough for Newcastle United's sagging concentration to collapse completely.
The Irish Times
4
A rusted and sagging chain-link fence ran along the building's south side.
Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
5
Its great bubble was throbbing but almost limp, sagging against the ground.
Jem
6
Neither candidate disclosed detailed plans to shore up the city's sagging finances.
Reuters
7
He stood on the sagging porch, and gazed off toward the road.
Lost on the Moon; Or, in Quest of the Field of Diamonds
8
He plodded on, stumbling over the stones, sagging heavily in sandy patches.
Witch-Doctors
9
Galton obeyed instinctively, half carrying the long sagging form to the bunk.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock
10
Fuller whispered to Morey out of the corner of his sagging mouth.
Islands of Space
11
Kendall pulled the switch open with a sagging jaw and staring eyes.
The Ultimate Weapon
12
Before his sagging knees had touched the dust the man was dead.
Steve Yeager
13
Elnora indicated to Philip the trail with remnants of sagging barbed wire.
A Girl of the Limberlost
14
A large evergreen towers in the distance, its branches sagging with snow.
Dark Matter
15
There was the web, sagging dangerously under the weight of the fish.
Charlotte’s Web
16
He sipped at the brandy which Standish held to his sagging lips.
Black Caesar's Clan : A Florida Mystery Story
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Sagging through the time
Sagging across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common