hangers-on
Example Sentences
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The last of them, these spent survivors, these hangers-on, had trudged to the Citrus Show to talk about the real problem, which was the disease.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
The way I see it, many Epstein hangers-on believed they were doing nothing wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Think backward: Where things begin is the bitter end, at a glitzy Hollywood Hills party in 1976 full of showbiz hangers-on.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
The music fades and we, the hangers-on, disperse.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
The businesses here are hangers-on, relics from about twenty years ago—a sad and very old department store, a shoe store that smells like mothballs, a toy store, a candy shop, an ice cream parlor.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
