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. List of paraphrases for "dangling":

   hanging

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1. 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.

2. George Papadopoulos:

   According to public documents today... there was a lot of tradecraft, spycraft going on around my life during that time, so, I certainly wouldn't disabuse the notion that he might have been dangling something to see if I would bite or if the campaign would bite.

3. Mitch McConnell:

   It's not just about whether this insane bill becomes law, part of the point here are the threats themselves. The left wants a sword dangling over the justices when they weigh the facts in every case.

4. Jerry Nadler:

   Any attempt to get him to change his testimony or not to testify by dangling a pardon would be very, would be obstruction of justice.

5. 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.