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more pendent

adjective as in hanging

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In others, still, we are charmed with the round, rosy, and innocent cheeks, which, when they become paler and more pendent, confer on them the aspect either of seals or of mastiffs, according to other circumstances of temper and disposition.

The vulva swells and discharges much mucus, the udder enlarges, the belly becomes more pendent, and the animal strains more or less.

In returning the womb the standing is preferable to the recumbent position, as the abdomen is more pendent and there is less obstruction to the return.

At its point were two, or three, or more pendent bannerets like streamers or pennants, and on them the hair of the dead foes.

Or the thick and more pendent top of the bellflower, with its equally rich, sprightly, uncloying fruit.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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