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Discover LudwigThe phrase "arms dangling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a physical posture where someone's arms are hanging loosely, often indicating relaxation or lack of tension.
Example: "He stood there with his arms dangling at his sides, lost in thought."
Alternatives: "arms hanging" or "arms at rest".
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Standing next to them, Tricia broke down, her face contorted, arms dangling".
They just stood there holding hands, with their free arms dangling straight down at their sides.
Fizer looked exhausted with sweat pouring off his bald head and his arms dangling.
As the old man's tremulous Cockney-inflections begin, male dancers circle on their haunches, arms dangling like curious apes.
Mr. Williamson — head forward, arms dangling impotently at his side — has the look down, but the character's anger remains inert.
High-rise housing projects in advanced states of decay ringed the field, and residents hung out from the windows, their arms dangling beside their laundry.
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His arms dangled limp against his legs.
His arms dangled over the side of the litter.
Her arms dangled awkwardly, until, overwhelmed by the ovation from the congress of her Christian Democratic party, Angela Merkel managed a wave so rigid it suggested an East German leader from the Soviet days.
'We're just tough.' Esme, who will celebrate her seventh birthday the following day, would rather sit and guard the towels and clothes, shivering slightly, until finally demanding to wear her mother's stripy cashmere jumper, which is so big the arms dangle down by her ankles.
Their arms dangled.
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