dangle
Example Sentences
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He said the type of silk the golden orb-web spiders produce to dangle - the "drag-line silk" was similar to the body's "scaffold".
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
This may have been the most overt art-as-protest moment, showing dancers climbing sparking electrical poles, only to fall off and dangle by what looked like snipped wires.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2026
Tiny chairs dangle on Christmas trees beside ersatz Heinz pickles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
They dangle enticing offers: free phone consultations, free information booklets, free sign-ups for free resources.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 28, 2025
You fished out the necklace we hadn’t yet sold and let it dangle from your fingers.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.