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

The show pairs the painting with a Kiki Smith sculpture, created over five decades later, that portrays the papery form of a woman from the waist down, her fetus dangling by an umbilical cord.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

I was dangling off it, trying to find a phone to call mountain rescue, but couldn't find it.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

She held him high with his forepaws dangling, like a lady’s fur piece in terrible taste.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck