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
Erika Thompson is dressed in an open denim button-down, with her hair hanging loose around her face, as she reaches with her bare hands into a swarm of bees.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2021
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
In the summer he would come out wearing a yellow or green polo shirt stuffed sloppily into his trousers in front and hanging loose behind.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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