Crossword clues for dangled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dangle \Dan"gle\ (d[a^][ng]"g'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dangling.] [Akin to Dan. dangle, dial. Sw. dangla, Dan. dingle, Sw. dingla, Icel. dingla; perh. from E. ding.] To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion.
He'd rather on a gibbet dangle
Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle.
--Hudibras.
From her lifted hand
Dangled a length of ribbon.
--Tennyson.
To dangle about or To dangle after, to hang upon importunately; to court the favor of; to beset.
The Presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle
after them,
are well inclined to pull down the present
establishment.
--Swift.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: dangle)
Usage examples of "dangled".
The hairs of his belly and trunk dangled under him in cold clinging masses.
His skull was long, and black hair dangled from it as from the belly of a mammoth.
All of the Dreamers used stone flakes to cut the hair that dangled from their heads, or to scrape their faces.
She reached past the ropes and ruffled the long hair that dangled from his trunk.
His rump, belly, flanks, throat and trunk were covered as well by a dense layer of long, coarse guard hair that dangled to the ground, skirt-like.
But his hind leg dangled uselessly, pumping blood, and he fell again in dirt already soaked with his own blood.
Long manes draped over their necks and eyes, and their tails dangled to the ground.
It dangled a carrot before the nose of the once-bumbling apprentice that he could not refuse - respect.
He looked back to the stars, wondering if he would ever completely discover the truth about his decision to come to the surface world, or if his life would forever remain a tumult of dangled hope and shattered expectations.
A fast few strides, as much a fall as a run, brought them hard against the wall of a warehouse where Wulfgar pinned Morik the Rogue, whose feet dangled several inches above the ground.
As she rooted in her bag for another scroll, her scourge dangled from her wrist.
His rapier hung from a baldric, the hilt of a dagger protruded from the top of either boot, and a hand crossbow dangled from his belt.
One moment the snakes hissed and writhed of their own accord, alert and vicious, and in the next they dangled like dead things from the weapons haft.
Jet earrings dangled to her shoulders, and her hair was piled on top of her head in a careless, becoming twist.
They played games on the cool dark tiles, dangled by their hands from the courtyard balconies, wrestled and fought like two tiger cubs, and learned to love every inch of the kingdom that would be theirs.