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dangly

ADJECTIVE
hanging loosely
Synonyms


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She said the plant is thriving, although she doesn’t know the variety, only that it’s dangly and has leaves that cascade down like a waterfall.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

In a choppy motion, the mouth of the excavator swung over the half-ton pile of furniture and chomped down, contorting the chairs into a dangly metal cephalopod.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2023

One wore a pair of dangly earrings, tiny gold feet meant to match the size of a foetus's foot at 12 weeks.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2023

Armed with a dangly earring, black turtleneck and sheer will to get that last gasp of airtime, Josh tries to win back Jackie.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2023

Moira, sitting on the edge of my bed, legs crossed, ankle on knee, in her purple overalls, one dangly earring, the gold fingernail she wore to be eccentric, a cigarette between her stubby yellow-ended fingers.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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