Wondering how to use Dangling in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as suspension or hanging.
Dangling in a sentence
Related words
Dangling meaning
- Suspended from above.
- In a state of suspense.
Synonyms of Dangling
Using Dangling
- The main meaning on this page is: Suspended from above. | In a state of suspense.
- Useful related words include: suspension, hanging, support, supporting.
- In the example corpus, dangling often appears in combinations such as: dangling from, dangling the, the dangling.
Context around Dangling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 13 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dangling
- In this selection, "dangling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, left, feet, grammar, modifier, modifiers and participle stand out and add context to how "dangling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a cigarette dangling from his and along with dangling emerald earrings. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dangling" sits close to words such as ari, artefacts and assent, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dangling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Even with the dangling connection cable, this headset is very comfortable. (11 words)
It's as if there's a juicy carrot dangling in front of you. (14 words)
She was also seriously injured and left dangling upside down her cab from hear seatbelt. (15 words)
In the exciting stunt, Ethan Hunt and his assailants fight inside a train hurtling off the tracks and over a cliff, with Hunt dangling to his doom as the last car threatens to topple over the side. (37 words)
Relief was writ large on Kohli’s face as he kissed the wedding ring dangling from a chain around his neck and looked skywards in a muted celebration after his drought-ending century. (33 words)
Dangling as a tantalizing prize ahead of him is the Commonwealth Title for which he has been a mandatory challenger for several years and a shot at a world title belt. (31 words)
But if your husband, in the process of dangling his dangling modifier all over the place, gives you gonorrhea and didn’t tell you? (24 words)
Example sentences (20)
But if your husband, in the process of dangling his dangling modifier all over the place, gives you gonorrhea and didn’t tell you?
But there are other forums where grammar, dangling modifiers, and misplaced participles (or is it misplaced modifier and dangling participle?) occasionally crop up.
Along with his normal outfit, Howl also has a geometric-patterned pastel cloak that he likes to wear along with dangling emerald earrings.
A mangled car has been left dangling over a bridge as a passenger escaped by dropping into the canal below.
Caitlin then turns into their bedroom to see her boyfriend's Luke dangling from the ceiling.
Cleverly, he slipped in a straighter one, with the angle, dangling some width outside off, and Malan fell for it, inside-edging the cut onto his stumps.
Dangling as a tantalizing prize ahead of him is the Commonwealth Title for which he has been a mandatory challenger for several years and a shot at a world title belt.
Early on we catch a glimpse of Lamb at the sink in his office, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, giving himself a birdbath.
Even with the dangling connection cable, this headset is very comfortable.
He sported a white T-shirt under a dark grey unbuttoned shirt, teamed with a dangling silver necklace.
His eyes are shut, as if whatever he is cannot be seen or known through appearance alone, skinny pins in brown trousers, feet dangling in old men’s brogues.
In the exciting stunt, Ethan Hunt and his assailants fight inside a train hurtling off the tracks and over a cliff, with Hunt dangling to his doom as the last car threatens to topple over the side.
It's as if there's a juicy carrot dangling in front of you.
Jessica opted for a glowing makeup look with a nude lipstick and finished her look with dangling statement earrings.
Later, Tyler will find himself dangling from a beam, like Ethan Hunt in “Mission: Impossible,” off the top of a skyscraper.
Mick Fleetwood's outfit was accessorised with a pair of dangling metallic balls - a nod to the cover of his band's classic album Rumours.
Pictures show the child’s feet dangling as a smiling officer carried the diapered interloper back to his parents on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Plus, they just look really nice along fence lines, balcony rails, dangling from an overhang, or even decorating an indoor space.
Relief was writ large on Kohli’s face as he kissed the wedding ring dangling from a chain around his neck and looked skywards in a muted celebration after his drought-ending century.
She was also seriously injured and left dangling upside down her cab from hear seatbelt.
Common combinations with dangling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- dangling from 41×
- dangling the 10×
- the dangling 9×
- and dangling 8×
- left dangling 7×
- dangling in 6×
- is dangling 6×
- of dangling 5×
- was dangling 5×
- dangling by 5×