Example Sentences

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Saito and a Sony P.R. rep led me into a conference room with a long white table, tall-backed red leather chairs and chrome lights hanging pendulously from the ceiling.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2020

Trump, meanwhile, spent the debate looking harried, his stiff blue tie drifting pendulously outside his jacket, his shoulders hunched, his top-hair seeming wider and flatter than usual, like the unfortunate first pancake of a batch.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 27, 2016

The great, broad face was sunken and withered, like to leather dried in the sun; the lower lip hung pendulously upon the prominent and bony jaw.

From Allan and the Holy Flower by Haggard, Henry Rider

Her lip hung pendulously, as she slowly shook her gaudily turbaned head.

From Checkers A Hard-luck Story by Blossom, Henry M.

On examination, I found the 'os humeri' fractured about an inch above its radial extremity, causing the limb to drop pendulously from the side, and depriving the animal of all use of it.

From The Dog by Youatt, William