as in hung
to place on an elevated point without support from below
he dangled the string in front of the cat, hoping that it was in the mood for play
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Recent Examples of dangled
Fans may remember the home from the scene in which a character is dangled from one of the property's terraces.
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Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
The aerial dance troupe Bandaloop dangled from the side of Sacramento's Memorial Auditorium as part of this year's celebration.
—James Taylor, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
The 2nd edition dangled a Picasso oil painting, Nature Morte (1921), which went to a young Italian man (or rather, his mother; the lottery ticket was her Christmas gift), and raised $6 million for wells and sanitation improvements in Cameron, Madagascar, and Morocco.
—Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
The women, by contrast, said Weinstein dangled his Hollywood influence to draw them into his orbit and then victimize them.
—ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Bennett said Nicholson and an assistant dangled playing time as a carrot to get players to obey their direction.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
Lendeborg told The Associated Press that the University of Kentucky had dangled between US$7 million and $9 million to entice him to transfer there in 2025.
—Andrew Urbaczewski, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
The bells that dangled off her red tunic jingled.
—Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
Over the past month, major Chinese cloud providers debuted their own version of OpenClaw, local governments dangled grants to startups that build OpenClaw apps, and a cottage industry sprung up helping users install the open-source framework.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
The aerial dance troupe Bandaloop dangled from the side of Sacramento's Memorial Auditorium as part of this year's celebration.
—James Taylor, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
The 2nd edition dangled a Picasso oil painting, Nature Morte (1921), which went to a young Italian man (or rather, his mother; the lottery ticket was her Christmas gift), and raised $6 million for wells and sanitation improvements in Cameron, Madagascar, and Morocco.
—Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
The women, by contrast, said Weinstein dangled his Hollywood influence to draw them into his orbit and then victimize them.
—ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Bennett said Nicholson and an assistant dangled playing time as a carrot to get players to obey their direction.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
Lendeborg told The Associated Press that the University of Kentucky had dangled between US$7 million and $9 million to entice him to transfer there in 2025.
—Andrew Urbaczewski, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
The bells that dangled off her red tunic jingled.
—Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
Over the past month, major Chinese cloud providers debuted their own version of OpenClaw, local governments dangled grants to startups that build OpenClaw apps, and a cottage industry sprung up helping users install the open-source framework.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dangled
Verb
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So, the distraction and cloud that hung over her was impeding her ability to effectively represent her constituents.—
Jim DeFede,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
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In his first May as coach, with limited time to build his roster, Musselman and his staff hung their hopes on Massachusetts center Josh Cohen, who proved to be a liability on both ends.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The game swung on these knife-edge moments, but the actual performance levels were similar from both teams.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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But as the ball swung around the perimeter, opportunities arose for the likes of Dosunmu and McDaniels to crack the paint off the bounce.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Sweeney slung panties from her new lingerie line, SYRN, which launched earlier this year in January, into a sea of wide-eyed festival goers who swarmed Diplo's desert stage as the electric beats by the chart-topping DJ bumped in the background.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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Together the strangers slung Haridasse's arms over their shoulders and staggered to the finish line as a trio.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Four others indicted in the case were given sentences of as much as six years in prison, with one woman getting a 10-month sentence, suspended for three years.—
Debby Wu,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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Although the Houthis suspended their attacks on Red Sea shipping in the wake of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire to end their two-year war last fall, most ocean carriers have largely avoided the waterway due to safety risks.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In the field behind the station, the Threatts set up tables with benches under a canopy of lights strung between trees.—
Jonathan Bullington,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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At dusk, the area is lit by colorful fairy lights strung between massive mangroves.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
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