pendulous

Example Sentences

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Waldron was the epitome of style and urbanity in jazz, from his pendulous brown cigarette dangling from his fingers to his signature coifed natural Black hair that grew into a stately white.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2022

The flower stalks typically reach over 10 feet tall and are adorned with as many as 20 strikingly beautiful, wonderfully fragrant, white, red-throated pendulous trumpet blooms.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2022

This cloud is large, low, dark and pendulous.

From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2016

If you won’t consider a slightly shorter tie or a slightly chunkier knot, adding a vest to the mix would go a long way to at least keep that pendulous cravat under wraps.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2016

Sweating in the equatorial sun, some of the researchers admiringly fingered the plump, pendulous green fruit, each the size of a baby’s head, wrapped in clusters around the trees’ sturdy trunks.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann