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 Mason Lohrei, a left-shot who was moved to the right side, was reportedly dangled in the Andersson talks with Calgary. —

Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 2 May 2026 Not a lot is explained, just dangled, which might be annoying to some. —

ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026 The passengers, who were seen in distress while strapped in their seats as the capsule dangled in the air, were later seen lying on the ground before paramedics arrived at the scene. —

Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026 The aerial dance troupe Bandaloop dangled from the side of Sacramento's Memorial Auditorium as part of this year's celebration. —

James Taylor, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026 The 2nd edition dangled a Picasso oil painting, Nature Morte (1921), which went to a young Italian man (or rather, his mother; the lottery ticket was her Christmas gift), and raised $6 million for wells and sanitation improvements in Cameron, Madagascar, and Morocco. —

Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 15 Apr. 2026 Bennett said Nicholson and an assistant dangled playing time as a carrot to get players to obey their direction. —

Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026 Lendeborg told The Associated Press that the University of Kentucky had dangled between US$7 million and $9 million to entice him to transfer there in 2025. —

Andrew Urbaczewski, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026 The bells that dangled off her red tunic jingled. —

Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026

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So, the distraction and cloud that hung over her was impeding her ability to effectively represent her constituents.

— Jim DeFede, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
In his first May as coach, with limited time to build his roster, Musselman and his staff hung their hopes on Massachusetts center Josh Cohen, who proved to be a liability on both ends.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026