hang off

Example Sentences

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But she is covered from head to toe in clothes that hang off her tiny frame - her only shield against the searing heat and dust.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2024

If anything, his success makes failure hang off Henry's shoulders with a glaring shapelessness.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2023

Buster Keaton did his train stunts in “The General,” so Cruise could hang off the side of a plane.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2022

A deck and balcony hang off the second story, overlooking a grassy backyard with a swimming pool, spa and playground.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2022

Fragments of thick webbing hang off the blade.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer