Thesaurus results for DANGLED

dangled

verb

past tense of dangle

as in hung

to place on an elevated point without support from below he dangled the string in front of the cat, hoping that it was in the mood for play

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Recent Examples of dangled Both administrations dangled a nuclear cooperation agreement as a key incentive to Saudi Arabia in return for normalizing ties with Israel. — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026 Several members equipped with climbing harnesses clambered up a small tree on the school’s front lawn and dangled from its limbs on climbing ropes. — Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026 Limbs and twigs dangled by threads of bark, or were scattered underneath, completeIv broken away. — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026 Colorful embroidery decorated Bluemarble’s washed blue jeans, while printed portraits were seen on Undercover’s jeans and key chains dangled from Vetements’ jeans with unraveled hems. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 9 July 2026 Hope was dangled like a carrot, then cruelly snatched away, more than once. — Marissa Stapley, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026 And there’s that dangled idea of trying to convince the Wizards to trade Anthony Davis. — Zach Harper, New York Times, 7 July 2026 The Celtics dangled Brown in trade talks for Antetokounmpo, but when Milwaukee chose Miami's offer, Boston had to pivot. — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Former Mayor Sue Lynch had hopes of turning the former school into a community center, but no private partners took the bait after a study for the project was dangled before potential stakeholders. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026

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Juliana, who was 16 years old and Black, was found May 8 hanged from a tree near a predominately Black church in north Charlotte after going missing for several days.

— Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
Every Olympics faces questions in the run-up, and some of these same concerns hung over the World Cup too.

— Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of hung

Verb

Around the family, people shared takeout dinners, swung on hammocks and chattered.

— Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
As the pendulum swung back and forth in the second half Argentina was left with 13 men after Joaquin Oviedo and Santiago Carreras were shown yellow cards for a neck roll and professional foul.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026

Definition of swung

Verb

As Mars’s gravity slung the spacecraft onto the next leg of its journey, mission scientists used the opportunity to put its multispectral imager through a full dress rehearsal.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 21 July 2026
Luke Shaw broke into open space down the left just past the half-hour mark and slung in a cross intended for his striker, but Zirkzee was several steps behind the penalty spot when the ball was delivered, unable to attack it when he was needed most.

— Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of slung

Verb

By some architectural wizardry of concrete and glass the pictures inside stand to attention, as if they, too, are suspended in time and space—a collection that faces in one direction, in orderly fashion, like the Terracotta Army.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
The Ministry of Education suspended in-person classes in the departments of San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Suchitepéquez and Retalhuleu, near the quake's epicenter.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026

Definition of suspended

Verb

Similarly, the composer used a lyre to create the sound of a bow being strung — a key motif for Odysseus, who is a master archer.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Most rural power lines consist of bare, uninsulated aluminum wires strung across thousands of miles of wooden poles, often through rugged forests.

— Jasmine Garland, The Conversation, 7 July 2026

Definition of strung

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