PENDENT in a Sentence
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Example sentences for PENDENT, such as:
1. From bent wood pendent lights to sculptural steel plant walls, their portfolio is chalk full of inventive and inspiring pieces.
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Meanings and Examples of PENDENT
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pendent
n. branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
a. held from above
Classic Sentence:
1 The dog was throttled off; his huge, purple tongue hanging half a foot out of his mouth, and his pendent lips streaming with bloody slaver.
2 He once more endeavored to pass the supposed empiric, scorning even the parade of threatening to use the knife, or tomahawk, that was pendent from his belt.
3 Beside it hung a huge, grimy oil painting representative of some flowers and fruit, half a water melon, a boar's head, and the pendent form of a dead wild duck.
4 Then comes the pool; pendent gray moss and brackish waters appear, and forests filled with wildfowl.
Example Sentence:
1 From bent wood pendent lights to sculptural steel plant walls, their portfolio is chalk full of inventive and inspiring pieces.