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. Lakshheish M Patel:

   If the stock is priced at Rs.120 then its price goes upto Rs.120.50 and then comes back to Rs.120.25 and in between these prices it is dangling all through the day. Same is the case with 95% of shares today in stock market

2. Andrew Flusche:

   Virginia still penalizes dangling objects, but the police now must have another justification to first stop the vehicle, dangling object stops are a classic example of a pretextual stop, where the police are looking for a valid reason to stop a motorist for something else -- such as suspicion of DUI or maybe to try to search the vehicle.

3. Wendy Simmons:

   First responders actually climbed up into the dangling cars to get people out.

4. Ryan Glenn:

   He was just holding on by his grip and his feet were dangling over the water.

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.