Synonyms for dangling
dan·gling

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1. suspension, dangling, hangingnoun

   the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)

   "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"

   Synonyms:
   interruption, abeyance, respite, wall hanging, hanging, intermission, abatement, reprieve, pause, suspension system, temporary removal, suspension, hiatus, break

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1. List of paraphrases for "dangling":

   hanging

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1. Andrew Flusche:

   Virginia still penalizes dangling objects, but the police now must have another justification to first stop the vehicle, dangling object stops are a classic example of a pretextual stop, where the police are looking for a valid reason to stop a motorist for something else -- such as suspicion of DUI or maybe to try to search the vehicle.

2. Bjoern Erik Julseth:

   Some of them fired flares or used water canons to welcome us ... We even had a rescue helicopter, with one worker dangling above us.

3. Matthew Stover:

   Somehow Luke understood - in a way that Lando never had, that Hand and Leia and Chewbacca had simply never grasped - just how dark a place the universe really was. Lando guessed that was where Luke got his humility. His kindness. His gentle faith that people could change for the better. That must have been why he rarely smiled, and almost never made jokes. Because the goodness was all he really had. It was his lifeline. The rope to which he clung, dangling over the abyss.

4. Eli Jackson:

   It would unfortunately be very uncharacteristic of the gaming community to stick to their guns on this issue for an extended period of time, gamers are largely consumers first and foremost, so game announcements and trailers are like dangling a shiny object in front of a cat.

5. Mickey Wilson:

   The backpack had wrapped around his neck and he was unconscious, dangling 10 feet above the snow.