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as in nodding
bending downward or forward
a cow with a pendulous udder
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Recent Examples of pendulous
Wisteria What could be more Southern than purple, pendulous wisteria blooms hanging from a covered porch?
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2025
Johnson continued to play the new-age bohemian with a pendulous amulet swinging from her neck.
—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
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2025
Johnson continued to play the new-age bohemian with a pendulous amulet swinging from her neck.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pendulous
Adjective
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The neutral material keeps it from looking like an eye sore and can be expanded for more hanging space as needed.—
Micaela Arnett,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2024
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This playful hanging figure will give your trick-or-treaters and guests a laugh instead of a fright.—
Wendy Vazquez,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Sep. 2023
Adjective
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The composer also added synths to his orchestral score, as well as bowed metal, where a violin bow is rubbed against metal instruments like a cowbell or a Vibraphone, for when Roz has a particularly intense feeling.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Jan. 2025
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Jeremy Strong forwent a classic suit and tie in favor of a bowed necktie, giving his tailored look the perfect dash of whimsy.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
17 June 2024
Adjective
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.—
David Mamet,
National Review,
11 Aug. 2022
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2021
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“Pendulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pendulous. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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