Participles, sometimes

Usage examples of danglers.

Sometimes, as now, the guys fell silent as Richard worked the machine, his face proud and nervous and aslant, giving glosses and derivations, sneering at the screen's bad grammar (for this oracle was only semi-literate, prone to danglers and pause-for-breath commas, confounded by all apostrophes) and smacking out the answers before anyone had time to read the questions.

If you're interested in the sex of your unborn child, you can consult plumb-bob danglers all you want (left-right, a boy.