Example Sentences

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“My thumb was dangling by the skin,” Muniz told People.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025

"When the chairlift was halfway there, its rope broke. It was dangling and I was terrified," Attaullah Shah said.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2023

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

And the pipe was dangling so low that it was almost touching the carpet.

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo