"Dangling" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... a time I used to creep out to the end of the bowsprit, when the weather was calm, and sit with my legs dangling over the deep blue water, and my eyes fixed on the great masses of rolling clouds in the sky, thinking of the new course of life I had just begun. At such times the thought of my mother was sure to come into my mind, and I thought of her parting words, "Put your trust in the Lord, Robert, ...
— Fighting the Whales • R. M. Ballantyne
... a detour of the shed, satisfied herself that no one was within hearing, and then sat down on the bench, ostensibly playing with the papoose, dangling a red ball on a ribbon before his dazzled, bead-like eyes and bringing forth a gurgle of delight from the dusky little mummy. While she played she talked idly with the Indians. Had they money enough for their journey? Would they like ...
— A Voice in the Wilderness • Grace Livingston Hill
... in an instant, and Marco, before he had a moment's time for reflection, found himself alone on his seat,—the driver run over and perhaps killed, and the horses cantering away, with the reins dangling about their heels. The first impulse, in such a case, would be to scream aloud, in terror,—which would have only made the horses run the faster. But Marco was not very easily frightened; at least, he was not easily made crazy ...
— Marco Paul's Voyages and Travels; Vermont • Jacob Abbott
... the top of his voice and dancing ecstatically in the mud. Olga, equally dishevelled but somewhat more coherent, was seated on the gate-post, her long legs dangling. ...
— The Way of an Eagle • Ethel M. Dell
... reference: excl. [UNIX] A message from UNIX's linker. Used in speech to flag loose ends or dangling references in an argument ...
— THE JARGON FILE, VERSION 2.9.10
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