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Meanings of hang limp in English

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Usage of hang limp in English
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Obama resisted, letting his hand hang limp rather than form a fist.
Reuters
2
And Miss America drops her arm to hang limp along the doorframe.
Haunted: a novel of stories
3
She lets her broken arm fall and hang limp.
The windup girl
4
He let both arms hang limp at his sides.
The Title Market
5
A dark, waxen-faced young man who seems asleep, whose arms hang limp, whose fingers curl in.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
6
Then he let the reins hang limp.
Trailin'!
7
At first Nicodemus leaned into the massive wall that was John and let his arms hang limp.
Spellwright
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He let his arm hang limp.
Hook
9
The little girl looked up, dropped her eyes again quickly, and let her hands hang limp beside her.
The Blue Pavilions
10
Flags of the world hang limp.
Number9Dream
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When in residence, a large yellow banner would hang limp in the moist air, announcing King Eridu's presence.
Quest for honour
12
The boxers' claws hang limp.
The drawing of the three
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On the Motton side, the leaves flame and dance with late October color; on the Chester's Mill side they hang limp.
Under the dome: a novel
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The fine-skinned, hairless ears still hang limp, the eyes are half closed and the short fore legs are crossed under the chin.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892
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She let herself hang limp for another moment, but badly as she felt the need to rest, she dared do no such thing.
More Than Honor
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A desk light went out, and I noticed the streamers on the air-conditioning duct beside the camera grow less excited and then hang limp.
A knife edge
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