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Wondering how to use Pendulous in a sentence? Below are 7 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as drooping or nodding.

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Pendulous in a sentence

Pendulous meaning

  1. Hanging from, or as if from, a support.
  2. Indecisive or hesitant
  3. Having branches etc. that bend downwards; drooping or weeping

Synonyms of Pendulous

cernuous drooping nodding unerect

Related words

Other words often associated with Pendulous or its synonyms:

lax bowed tired bent bended sagging reclining flagging crouched inclined droopy recumbent

Using Pendulous

  • The main meaning on this page is: Hanging from, or as if from, a support. | Indecisive or hesitant | Having branches etc. that bend downwards; drooping or weeping
  • Useful related words include: cernuous, drooping, nodding, unerect.
  • In the example corpus, pendulous often appears in combinations such as: pendulous with, are pendulous.

Context around Pendulous

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 30.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

giant 1× vast 1×

Often after:

protea 1× fruit 1× nose 1× convert 1×

Sentence patterns with Pendulous

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a vast pendulous nose a 1× as the pendulous protea sulphurea 1× cones are pendulous convert long 1× cones are pendulous with persistent 1× long and pendulous with a 1× single giant pendulous fruit 1× spreading not pendulous like those 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

according to henry 1× in a dense 1× in female galagos 1× the female cones 1× the flowers are 1× the mature female 1×

Common sentence endings:

a convert width 1× and a tail 1× and pale purple 1× en finissent pas 1× giant pendulous fruit 1× in the display 1×

Words around Pendulous

Just before it in the word index:

pendula 2 pendse 2 pendry 8 pendrith 3 pendranti 2 pendragon 16

Just after it in the word index:

pendulum 221 pendulums 31 pendus 2 pene 2 penedo 2 penei 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Pendulous

  • In this selection, "pendulous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, giant, vast, protea, fruit and nose stand out and add context to how "pendulous" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a vast pendulous nose a and as the pendulous protea sulphurea. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "pendulous" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with pendulous

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The mature female seed cones are pendulous, convert long, convert wide when closed, opening to a convert width. (18 words)

In female galagos (bush babies), the clitoris is long and pendulous with a urethra extending through the tip for urination. (20 words)

In a dense pocket near the Biome’s Malaysian Garden stands a Jackfruit tree - proper name Artocarpus heterophyllus – bearing on its side the single giant pendulous fruit. (27 words)

Longer example sentences

The female cones are pendulous, with persistent scales (unlike true firs), and are distinctive in having a long tridentine (three-pointed) bract that protrudes prominently above each scale (it resembles the back half of a mouse, with two feet and a tail). (42 words)

This year, rarely seen hybrids such as the fan favourite, protea snow leopard, as well as rare species such as the pendulous Protea sulphurea and the delicate blushing brides, Serruria florida, were included in the display. (36 words)

The flowers are erect or spreading (not pendulous like those of Brugmansia), trumpet-shaped, 5–20 cm long and 4–12 cm broad at the mouth; colors vary from white to yellow, pink, and pale purple. (36 words)

Example sentences (7)

This year, rarely seen hybrids such as the fan favourite, protea snow leopard, as well as rare species such as the pendulous Protea sulphurea and the delicate blushing brides, Serruria florida, were included in the display.

In a dense pocket near the Biome’s Malaysian Garden stands a Jackfruit tree - proper name Artocarpus heterophyllus – bearing on its side the single giant pendulous fruit.

According to Henry James: She had a low forehead, a dull grey eye, a vast pendulous nose, a huge mouth full of uneven teeth and a chin and jawbone qui n'en finissent pas..

In female galagos (bush babies), the clitoris is long and pendulous with a urethra extending through the tip for urination.

The female cones are pendulous, with persistent scales (unlike true firs), and are distinctive in having a long tridentine (three-pointed) bract that protrudes prominently above each scale (it resembles the back half of a mouse, with two feet and a tail).

The flowers are erect or spreading (not pendulous like those of Brugmansia), trumpet-shaped, 5–20 cm long and 4–12 cm broad at the mouth; colors vary from white to yellow, pink, and pale purple.

The mature female seed cones are pendulous, convert long, convert wide when closed, opening to a convert width.

Common combinations with pendulous

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "pendulous" in a sentence?
An example: "This year, rarely seen hybrids such as the fan favourite, protea snow leopard, as well as rare species such as the pendulous Protea sulphurea and the delicate blushing brides, Serruria florida, were included in the display." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "pendulous" from authentic English texts.
What does "pendulous" mean?
Pendulous means: Hanging from, or as if from, a support.
What are synonyms of "pendulous"?
Common synonyms of "pendulous" include: cernuous, drooping, nodding, unerect.
How many example sentences with "pendulous" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "pendulous", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.