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. • Support

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1. List of paraphrases for "dangling":

   hanging

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How to use dangling in a sentence?

1. Ross County Prosecutor Matthew Schmidt:

   Rebecca Cade sweatshirt sleeve was caught in the upper tines of the fence, and Rebecca Cade was suspended from one arm dangling on the fence.

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. Wendy Simmons:

   First responders actually climbed up into the dangling cars to get people out.

4. 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.

5. Reginald Bolding:

   It’s a sickening irony that he’s doing this by dangling millions of federally provided funds for COVID-19 relief and forcing school districts to choose between the health and safety of kids and educators, or millions in additional funding that Republicans have withheld for years, with the delta variant running rampant and COVID-19 cases among children on the rise, it’s disgusting to put a bounty on spreading this illness to kids and punishing schools that try to operate safely.