verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dangling/dangly earrings (= long earrings that hang down from your ear )
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I put on some gold dangly earrings.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
down
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The other she draped across her forehead, so the karaso dangled down her back.
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It was rattan, dozens of broken ends of it, dangling down like stubble.
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It was fastened tightly on to the right horn, so it dangled down over the cheek and eye.
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Indeed, threads dangled down from all life, psychic and non-psychic alike.
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Wrap the string around four or five times, with the loose end dangling down in between.
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He was dangling down the side of the bank, his face and body pressed into the mud.
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On one Borrowdale route, DejaVu, he left a long sling dangling down to aid an injured second.
over
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Claire now conscious of rogue hairstyle, lopsidedly dangling over left eye. 9.01 Libby Purves on radio.
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Dorcas lowered himself gingerly on to the brink and sat with his legs dangling over the drop.
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Victorine perched in the darkness on a wooden bench with no back, feet dangling over the steep invisible ground.
■ NOUN
cigarette
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There was always a cigarette dangling at a dozen different angles from his lips.
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Jack Scamp had a cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth.
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The cigarette dangled from his lips, unlit.
foot
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His left foot , dangling beneath the slight overlap, stabbed frantically.
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Rufus was sitting on the blue-tiled rim of it with his feet dangling in the water.
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If this means raising their chair, workers may find their feet are dangling .
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Victorine perched in the darkness on a wooden bench with no back, feet dangling over the steep invisible ground.
front
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It's a big carrot he's dangling in front of Marler's nose.
hand
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The bottle dangled hopelessly from the hand into which Mona had thrust it.
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Jesse was waiting, a long hook dangling from his hand .
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Gazzer, with the keys dangling from his hand , leading Madge away.
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She dangled a hand in the water.
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He picked up a second kitten, dangled one from each hand , swung them so that they hit each other.
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Gnawed arms ripped from the body but still dangling from the hands to the skewering pole.
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She scuffed across the sand next to Mitchell, sandals dangling from her hand .
leg
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She looked up to see that Belle hadn't made it: her legs were dangling into the corridor.
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The subject is instructed to sit on the edge of the table with legs dangling .
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An animal's pelt covered his scalp, its empty legs dangling beside his ears, yet it seemed not at all absurd.
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We sat down on the roof of the catwalk and let our legs dangle .
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Two men passed by and looked down at Carol, who crossed her legs , dangling one high-heeled shoe from her toes.
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We were sitting on the end of the pier, legs dangling over the water.
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Dorcas lowered himself gingerly on to the brink and sat with his legs dangling over the drop.
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Gait jerky, with tail often flirted, legs dangling in flight.
■ VERB
leave
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Fulfilled happiness, like the circle, leaves no ends dangling to sway in our dreams, waking or night-time.
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But Clinton had left her dangling , repeatedly refusing to say whether she would win reappointment.
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On one Borrowdale route, DejaVu, he left a long sling dangling down to aid an injured second.
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Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole could not leave it dangling as a rebuke to his legislative skills during his presidential campaign.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Dangling from her ears were two large gold earrings.
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He dangled helplessly from the cliff, trying not to look down.
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We sat on the edge of the pool with our legs dangling in the water.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A lone naked bulb dangled from the ceiling.
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A visitor was attempting to lure a squirrel close for a picture by dangling and rattling his car keys.
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It's a big carrot he's dangling in front of Marler's nose.
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It was that which was cutting her in two as she dangled from it.
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One or two ancient graves were neglected, rusty iron crosses dangling broken beadwork bouquets.
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Rose rushed at Dieter and made a grab at his wrist, as if fearing to find handcuffs dangling from it.
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She dangled a hand in the water.