hanging loose
Example Sentences
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The BBC found flats owned by him contained dirty communal areas, lights that did not work and fire alarms hanging loose from the ceiling.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2024
Zooming from her home in Manhattan Beach, Calif., she’s wearing a sparkly silver top, her blond hair hanging loose over her shoulders; behind her, a couple of acoustic guitars lean against a sage-colored wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2021
Only instead of refusing to take off a wedding gown, it was a worn-out robe I rattled around in, with one of the pockets hanging loose.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2018
Helen’s fondness for hanging loose was fine by me—it was so unselfconscious and natural, and onstage it fed into the character—and it was also fine with Jack Shepherd, who was playing Arthur.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2016
She stood there stupidly, staring at them, her arms hanging loose at her sides, like a gunslinger in a Western showdown.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
