pendulous
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Waldron was the epitome of style and urbanity in jazz, from his pendulous brown cigarette dangling from his fingers to his signature coifed natural Black hair that grew into a stately white.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2022
The flower stalks typically reach over 10 feet tall and are adorned with as many as 20 strikingly beautiful, wonderfully fragrant, white, red-throated pendulous trumpet blooms.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2022
Some boys and young men who took Risperdal were affected by gynecomastia; they grew pendulous breasts.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2022
This cloud is large, low, dark and pendulous.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 30, 2016
Red Pollard was sinking downward through his life with the pendulous motion of a leaf falling through still air.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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