Synonyms for dangling

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dang-guhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæŋ gəl

Définition of dangling

Origin : 1590s, probably from Scandinavian (cf. Danish dangle, Swedish dangla "to swing about," Norwegian dangla), perhaps via North Frisian dangeln. Related: Dangled; dangling.

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Example sentences :

Dangling from each one was a small, pear-shaped globule of metal.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various

Clumsily enough, dangling as he was, Bell twisted about to look for Paula.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various

Blake cut off the line at the foot of the cliff and left it dangling.
Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet

We might have said that before, and yet there was the dangling rope that three of them climbed.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay » by G. Harvey Ralphson

Behold, there was a burial scaffold, with the blankets all ragged and dangling.
Extract from : « Myths and Legends of the Great Plains » by Unknown

As if mechanically, he was dangling a pair of shiny steel handcuffs in his fingers.
Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest

"We mustn't put it too baldly," observed Southend, dangling his eyeglass.
Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope

The chief came forward; dangling from a chain on his neck was a watch.
Extract from : « The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen » by Roger Finlay

Something long and thin and glowing was dangling from Molo's hand.
Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings

A chunk of it cut the man's arm off, and left it dangling in my hand.
Extract from : « Life On The Mississippi, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

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