He looked at the ground, leaning forward and letting his long fingers droop between his legs, while each finger moved in succession, as if it were sharing some thought which filled his large quiet brow.
Wisps of them lead or droop because there must always be leading and drooping.
Let one forget his reason for being, they"d all droop like tulips in a glass, each with their arms around the other.
Someone was singing, a dull, old, droning sailor's song, with a droop and a quaver at the end of every verse, and seemingly no end to it at all but the patience of the singer.
Then he creeps behind them, and blows softly upon their necks, till their heads begin to droop.