dangling

Example Sentences

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She nurses memories of a simple existence of fish fresh from the ocean and coconut dangling from palm trees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

That practice by Nixon of dangling pardons was in fact one of the grounds on which the House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach him.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

During the Iran hostage crisis, William Daugherty, a newly minted case officer in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, was kept there, in a 4-foot-wide cell lit 24 hours by a dim, dangling bulb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

They spotted some hose dangling over a retaining wall covered in ivy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

She was wearing a pair of jeans, a loose white T-shirt that slid off one shoulder, and a pair of dangling earrings.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo