pendulous

Example Sentences

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Like the album, her set opened with “Saoko,” a song whose sputtery jazz intro quickly gave way to a pendulous bass line that sounded like a spaceship parallel parking on the roof.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2022

If you won’t consider a slightly shorter tie or a slightly chunkier knot, adding a vest to the mix would go a long way to at least keep that pendulous cravat under wraps.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2016

A huge pendulous mushroom plunges down from the ceiling, serving as both an acoustic reflector and a space-age chandelier.

From The Guardian • Nov. 4, 2016

Everywhere, I saw plants I tended, slavishly, in my own garden, like a purple and crimson fuchsia, but here they were extravagantly large, pendulous shrubs.

From New York Times • May 24, 2013

Sweating in the equatorial sun, some of the researchers admiringly fingered the plump, pendulous green fruit, each the size of a baby’s head, wrapped in clusters around the trees’ sturdy trunks.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann