hang uselessly

Frequency: 5.00.9 per million words

to hang without any function or purpose, often due to injury

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Examples (10)

  • Her injured arm hung uselessly at her side.
  • After the stroke, his left arm hung uselessly, devoid of feeling.
  • The puppet's arm hung uselessly after its string snapped.
  • A single, disconnected wire hung uselessly from the damaged ceiling panel.
  • The broken gate hung uselessly on a single rusted hinge.
  • His paralyzed leg just hung uselessly as the nurses helped him stand.
  • The wilted rose hung uselessly on its stem, its petals drooping.
  • He picked up the old phone, its receiver hanging uselessly by the cord.
  • For weeks, his limb had hung uselessly in a cast, a dead weight.
  • The scarecrow’s arm, ripped at the seam, hung uselessly in the wind.