dangle
verb (used without object)
to hang loosely, especially with a jerking or swaying motion.
was dangling
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past progressiveof dangle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I was dangling off it, trying to find a phone to call mountain rescue, but couldn't find it.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
“My thumb was dangling by the skin,” Muniz told People.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2025
The gondola became stranded half way across a ravine and was dangling by a single cable after the other snapped, Shariq Riaz Khattak a rescue official at the site told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Aug. 22, 2023
Brown was dangling upside down by his seat belt on July 27, 2017, when Allan approached after the single-car crash on Indianapolis’s south side.
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2022
My sword fell out of my hand, and before I knew it, I was dangling sixty feet in the air.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
