pendulous
adjective
pen·du·lous
ˈpen-jə-ləs 
ˈpen-dyə-,
-də-
1
archaic
: poised without visible support
2
a
: suspended so as to swing freely
branches hung with pendulous vines
b
: inclined or hanging downward
pendulous jowls
3
: marked by vacillation, indecision, or uncertainty
pendulousness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of pendulous in a Sentence
a cow with a pendulous udder
a pendulous crystal chandelier dominated the ballroom
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Johnson continued to play the new-age bohemian with a pendulous amulet swinging from her neck.
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Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024
Now my face was enormous, my mouth elongated, my nostrils gaping, and my lips pendulous.
—Hazlitt, 26 July 2023
Most of us non-natives who have chosen to dribble out our days at the tip of this pendulous peninsula — too soft or too old for harder lives being lived in greater America (my wife puts me in both categories) — realize that escape comes with certain cultural trade-offs.
—Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 30 June 2022
According to an article by MJ Banias, on the Web site the Debrief, Bigelow hired investigators to look into reports at Skinwalker of doglike creatures who smelled of sulfur and goblins with long, pendulous arms, as well as U.F.O. activity near Mt. Shasta.
—The New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2021
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Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024
Now my face was enormous, my mouth elongated, my nostrils gaping, and my lips pendulous.
—Hazlitt, 26 July 2023
Most of us non-natives who have chosen to dribble out our days at the tip of this pendulous peninsula — too soft or too old for harder lives being lived in greater America (my wife puts me in both categories) — realize that escape comes with certain cultural trade-offs.
—Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 30 June 2022
According to an article by MJ Banias, on the Web site the Debrief, Bigelow hired investigators to look into reports at Skinwalker of doglike creatures who smelled of sulfur and goblins with long, pendulous arms, as well as U.F.O. activity near Mt. Shasta.
—The New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2021
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“Pendulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pendulous. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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pendulous
adjective
pen·du·lous
ˈpen-jə-ləs
1
: hanging so as to swing freely
2
: hanging downward
pendulously
adverb
Medical Definition
pendulous
adjective
pen·du·lous
-ləs
: inclined or hanging downward
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