dangling

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"Just precisely that I would never be the one to see one o 'my name dangling at the end o' a cart tether," said Dan, "or jingling at a cross-roads on a wuddy.

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  1. adjective Of or being a modifier, especially a participle or participial phrase, that grammatically modifies the subject of its sentence but semantically modifies another element of the sentence or an unstated referent, as approaching Dallas in the sentence Approaching Dallas, the skyline came into view. See Usage Note at participle.

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  • Better to keep him dangling, at least for another day or two, before considering any alterations to the script. —  Angelmass
  • The tag dangling from the ring said, "My Other Car is a BMW I didn't notice anything missing from my apartment," I said Mentally, I ran through the contents of my closet and sock drawer as I had seen them this morning. —  AHMM,July-August2006
  • Brianna March's skinny body hit the end of the rope and she was left dangling, her feet kicking the base of the platform as she slowly strangled to death. —  BEWITCHING FAMILIAR
  • In a moment he was hanging with legs dangling, and a second later had dropped heavily into a pile of hay underneath him. —  Adventures in Many Lands
  • But the day of our departure from Richmond Captain Nance rigged himself out in the pomp and regulations of war, his bright new buttons flashing in the sunlight, his crimson sash tied naughtily around his waist, his sword dangling at his side, he looked the "beheld of all beholders" as the troops marched with a light and steady step along the stone-paved streets of Richmond. —  History of Kershaw's Brigade
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