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 cyr wheel is paired with Dvořák’s mesmerizing “Slavonic Dance,” while waltzes by Johann Strauss II will match the pendulous rhythm of the trapeze.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2021

Draped in elaborate spangles, her body is uncorsetted, pendulous and haggard.

From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2018

A nodding hippie of a plant, Datisca cannabina is a woody perennial with vaguely cannabislike foliage; it sports pendulous, shaggy, fragrant wands of flowers that set chains of love-bead seeds.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2017

The earlobe fern, with its pendulous, spore-bearing clusters.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood