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as in bowing
bending downward or forward
a cow with a pendulous udder
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Recent Examples of pendulous
The oblong foliage is accented by clusters of pendulous flower buds that dangle from stems all winter long before opening in spring.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
Some azaleas lend themselves to growing in hanging baskets, including Belgian and Satsuki hybrids such as ‘Flame Creeper’ and ‘Pink Cascade’, which have a naturally pendulous habit.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2025
The path itself was so overgrown and wove through the pendulous pink blossoms.
—Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Hassan’s early scenes have a quiet, hypnotic quality, an effect intensified by the pendulous motion of the actors’ skating back and forth.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 3 June 2025
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
Some azaleas lend themselves to growing in hanging baskets, including Belgian and Satsuki hybrids such as ‘Flame Creeper’ and ‘Pink Cascade’, which have a naturally pendulous habit.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2025
The path itself was so overgrown and wove through the pendulous pink blossoms.
—Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Hassan’s early scenes have a quiet, hypnotic quality, an effect intensified by the pendulous motion of the actors’ skating back and forth.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pendulous
Adjective
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Cernan, the junior pilot, was outside, dangling—actually spinning, tumbling, and flailing—at the end of a long umbilical cord, completely unable to control his movements.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
11 Nov. 2025
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Naru aside, Killer of Killers and Badlands have left a few dangling story threads.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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James O’Donoghue, a planetary scientist with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, likened our planet’s tilting phenomenon to a nodding head.—
Aylin Woodward,
WSJ,
21 Dec. 2021
Adjective
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Max Houser 6-Tier Hanging Closet Shelf Instantly create more hanging space with this fabric shelving unit that makes use of otherwise dead vertical space.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Dec. 2025
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Of the other methods – including electrocution, lethal gas and hanging – lethal injection had the highest botch rate of more than 7%. ‘An embrace of brutality’ Still, states have remained averse to the firing squad, a position that experts who spoke to CNN believe stems from its overt violence.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.—
David Mamet,
National Review,
11 Aug. 2022
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2021
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The building with its bowed windows and a Queen Ann tower had already been around for nine years before its owner placed a classified ad in a July 1897 issue of The Kansas City Times.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
19 Nov. 2025
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No racist stereotypes, no demeaning facial expressions, no bowed heads, and no broken bodies from the old Hollywood.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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“Pendulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pendulous. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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