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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of dangle.

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Examples

  • They came forward and gripped the length of rope that dangled from the gallows and tugged on it.

    The Size of Things « A Fly in Amber 2009

  • Two wires dangled from the heart of the machine and gently danced in the breeze.

    Excerpt: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba 2009

  • Despite the fact that they're probably going to win a considerable number of congressional seats on Tuesday, the far right appears to be unsatisfied with a significant electoral victory and is supplementing its would-be success by physically accosting anyone who isn't sporting an array of teabags erotically dangled from the brim of a tri-cornered hat.

    Bob Cesca: When in Doubt, They Beat Up Women Bob Cesca 2010

  • Fly girl: Pink dangled from a Cirque du Soleil-type contraption while performing Glitter in the Air.

    Grammy Awards: Soaring to eclectic heights 2010

  • Despite the fact that they're probably going to win a considerable number of congressional seats on Tuesday, the far right appears to be unsatisfied with a significant electoral victory and is supplementing its would-be success by physically accosting anyone who isn't sporting an array of teabags erotically dangled from the brim of a tri-cornered hat.

    Bob Cesca: When in Doubt, They Beat Up Women Bob Cesca 2010

  • Despite the fact that they're probably going to win a considerable number of congressional seats on Tuesday, the far right appears to be unsatisfied with a significant electoral victory and is supplementing its would-be success by physically accosting anyone who isn't sporting an array of teabags erotically dangled from the brim of a tri-cornered hat.

    Bob Cesca: When in Doubt, They Beat Up Women Bob Cesca 2010

  • A well preserved dead horse that dangled from the ceiling had its legs pulled in different directions by ropes.

    Ii Phaser | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • Arms and legs dangled from the sides of the bulldozers 'buckets as they drove to offload their cargo into a trench already teeming with rotting, bloated bodies.

    Stench of dead bodies keeps mounting in Haiti 2010

  • A wooden cane dangled from a rope on his left wrist and a lei of kukui nuts hung around his neck.

    In history of Hawaiian leaders, Daniel Inouye stands alone Jason Horowitz 2010

  • Despite the fact that they're probably going to win a considerable number of congressional seats on Tuesday, the far right appears to be unsatisfied with a significant electoral victory and is supplementing its would-be success by physically accosting anyone who isn't sporting an array of teabags erotically dangled from the brim of a tri-cornered hat.

    Bob Cesca: When in Doubt, They Beat Up Women Bob Cesca 2010

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