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
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
This cloud is large, low, dark and pendulous.
From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2016
Even Havermeyer had lifted his head from his plate to gape at him with his heavy, pendulous jaw.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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