pendulous

adjective pen·du·lous \ ˈpen-jə-ləs , ˈpen-dyə- , -də- \

|Updated on: 14 Jun 2018

Examples: pendulous in a Sentence

Definition of pendulous

1 archaic : poised without visible support

2 a : suspended so as to swing freely

branches hung with pendulous vines

b : inclined or hanging downward

pendulous jowls

3 : marked by vacillation, indecision, or uncertainty

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pendulousness

noun

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Examples of pendulous in a Sentence

a cow with a pendulous udder
a pendulous crystal chandelier dominated the ballroom

Recent Examples of pendulous from the Web

The unattended soil must contain a perfect blend of acidity; the saturated colors of the voluptuous, pendulous flowers that cluster on the lightweight branches range from faint whitish-blue to deep pink and dusky purple.

— chicago tribune, chicagotribune.com, "Algren Award runner-up: "Here Is Where the Taxi Driver Set His Wife on Fire" by GKS Waller," 2 June 2018
Sweat slid down my sides and into the new crevices of my emptied-out and rearranged gut, which was stacked up in a pile beneath my pendulous breasts, my stinging nipples.

— meaghan o'connell, Longreads, "A Certain Kind of Mammal," 10 Apr. 2018
If the branches are pendulous and hang down, boost up the pot so the branches hang gracefully.

— dan gill, NOLA.com, "How to get a Christmas cactus to bloom," 18 Dec. 2017
The floor-length dress, platinum wig and tiara were a nice touch, and the pendulous rhinestone earring caught the light of BAM’s Fishman Space.

— elisabeth vincentelli, New York Times, "A French Theater Impresario, Dressed for Excess," 21 Sep. 2017
The flowers are produced on a long, pendulous stalk with dusky purple bracts.

— NOLA.com, "Banana plants: Answers to all your questions about care, pruning and harvesting fruit," 19 Aug. 2017
Beyond the midway’s pendulous ships and elliptical coasters rise the white spires of the talent show tent.

— anya groner, Longreads, "Twinless in Twinsburg," 9 June 2017
Davis taps his phone and large, pendulous, red lanterns gradually illuminate, revealing a row of 250-gallon copper fermentors.

— wayne curtis, WIRED, "One Man’s Quest to Make 20-Year-Old Rum in Just Six Days," 30 May 2017
President Donald Trump had just burst into a gala at his Mar-a-Lago property, in a pendulous red tie, an American flag on his lapel.

— james hamblin, The Atlantic, "One Cancer Hospital Will Stop Paying the Trump Organization," 23 May 2017

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