as in hangs
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 dangles
The framed photo of his baby brother, Rashaad, prominently dangles inches down the front of his shirts.
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Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
Almost every model carried what Lopez called the Ana bag—a leather trapezoid that dangles from a circular handle.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
The plan dangles a financial windfall and expanded control of the company to Musk, already the world’s richest person, after his 2018 package valued in excess of $50 billion was struck down by a Delaware court.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
Almost every model carried what Lopez called the Ana bag—a leather trapezoid that dangles from a circular handle.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
The plan dangles a financial windfall and expanded control of the company to Musk, already the world’s richest person, after his 2018 package valued in excess of $50 billion was struck down by a Delaware court.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dangles
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In coffee shops downtown, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights provides an emergency hotline for those who witness ICE activity, and hangs information sheets from coffee machines.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Step onto the porch in an oversize T-shirt that hangs down to my knees and mismatched socks that come halfway up my calves.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Young feels within range for Eagles general manager Howie Roseman, who always swings for the fences.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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But the tone swings between sour and sweet, grounded and silly, and the jokes run more broadly wacky than precise or original.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Dangles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dangles. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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