hang limp
Frequency: 6.85.1 per million words
To hang down loosely, without stiffness.
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Examples (10)
- His arm hung limp at his side.
- After the long run, her hair hung limp with sweat.
- The damp cloth hung limp on the clothesline.
- The leaves of the plant began to hang limp from lack of water.
- When he fainted, his body went completely limp, and his arms hung limp.
- The flag was hanging limp on the flagpole; there was no wind.
- She felt exhausted, her shoulders slumped and her hands hung limp.
- The puppet's limbs would hang limp until the strings were pulled.
- Despite the strong current, the seaweed continued to hang limp in the water.
- The curtains hung limp and motionless in the stuffy room.