How do you use the word "sag" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "sag" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "sag": A heavy load is causing the plank to sag in the middle. The party's candidate began to sag in the polls.

Sag Meaning

/sæɡ/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe state of sinking or bending; a droop.

nounThe difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.

Sentence Examples

A heavy load is causing the plank to sag in the middle.

The party's candidate began to sag in the polls.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

flag

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

After years of use, the wooden shelf started to ____ under the weight.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The old mattress had begun to ____ in the middle after years of heavy use.

Word Origin & History

From earlier sag, sagg, sack, from Middle English saggen, probably from Middle Low German sacken (“to sink, drift”), ultimately of North Germanic/Scandinavian/Old Norse origin, akin to Old Norse søkkva (“to sink”), from a denasalized derivative of Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”). Cognate with Scots seg (“to sink”), Danish sakke (“to lag behind”), Swedish sacka (“to lag”), Icelandic sakka (“to sink”), Faroese søkka (“to sink, drop down, descend, set”), Dutch zakken (“to fall, drop, sink”), German Low German sacken (“to sink”), and German sacken (“to sink”) (from Low German). Compare also Norwegian Nynorsk sagga (“to walk or move heavily and slowly”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"a mass of igneous rock […] shown as a semicircular area of shonkinite exposed in the west wall of the sag. From the valley below, it appears as a dark cliff, perhaps 100 feet in height and a few hundred yards long." — 1905, Louis Valentine Pirsson, Petrography and Geology of the Igneous Rocks of the Highwood ..., page 43:

"Gunsight Peak north of the sag marks the southern end of the Malad Range that extends into Idaho. Complexly faulted Cambrian and Ordovician shelf sedimentary rocks are present[…]" — 2016 March 10, William T. Parry, Geology of Utah's Mountains, Peaks, and Plateaus: Including descriptions of cliffs, valleys, and climate history, FriesenPress, →ISBN:

"The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, / Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear." — c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:

"The dal tarka (£5) is made from whole yellow split peas, while sag aloo (£5) brings potatoes in a rich and oily spinach puree." — 2003, Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants, page 173:

"For example, a Sag girl living on a farm could pick and chop cotton better than her brothers." — 1996, Thelma Balfour, Black Sun Signs: An African-American Guide to the Zodiac, page 180:

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