Example Sentences

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For many months, AT&T has been dangling a tantalizing possibility: what if its network let you instantly try blockbuster games for free?

From The Verge • Jul. 27, 2022

If this money from you is the thread your relationship has been dangling on, then I think you should snip it off.

From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2022

The company has been dangling lucrative freebies in front of prospective workers, including signing bonuses of up to $3,000, free tuition for college and technical programs and wages topping $20 an hour in some locations.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2021

NBC has been dangling the action star in front of us in various feature stories and ads, as if the American audience were a mischief of nog-drunk rats mindlessly scrambling toward a big cheese.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2017

"It has been dangling its charms in coy seclusion," cried Vasya, transferring his tender feelings to the charming cap.

From White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor