Dangling

Examples

• He followed after her, and stood with the lanterns dangling against his white-flannelled thighs, emphasising the shadow around. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He's got the freak of being a popular man now, after dangling about like a stray tortoise. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Her little ears were like rosy shells--they had a pearl dangling from each of them. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Above my head I could see the dangling forms of the boarding party as the battleship raced over us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• In another moment the deck reared at an angle of ninety degrees and we hung in our leather with feet dangling a thousand yards above the ground. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I made it up all by myself, said Helena triumphantly, dangling the chain before him. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• She was always dangling and ogling after him, I recollect now; and I've no doubt she was put on by her old sharper of a father. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Falling asleep, and leaving great blocks of building materials dangling in the air; waking again, to resume work and get them into their places. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Frederick Murgatroyd went by, carrying a pail of water; Joe Scott followed, dangling on his forefinger the keys of the mill. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Rigaud, for his part, arose from his chair, and seated himself on the table with his legs dangling. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He unfolded it and disclosed a golden pince-nez, with two broken ends of black silk cord dangling from the end of it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• With what a rattling noise the drop went down; and how suddenly they changed, from strong and vigorous men to dangling heaps of clothes! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

Checker: Paulette