dangling

Example Sentences

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That practice by Nixon of dangling pardons was in fact one of the grounds on which the House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach him.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

During the Iran hostage crisis, William Daugherty, a newly minted case officer in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, was kept there, in a 4-foot-wide cell lit 24 hours by a dim, dangling bulb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

The show pairs the painting with a Kiki Smith sculpture, created over five decades later, that portrays the papery form of a woman from the waist down, her fetus dangling by an umbilical cord.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

I was dangling off it, trying to find a phone to call mountain rescue, but couldn't find it.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

With a smirk he stuck an arm out to stop me while simultaneously dangling it just out of my reach.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin