hung

Example Sentences

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He has already hung portraits of himself inside the White House, breaking with the tradition that a president wait until the end of his term to be invited by a successor to unveil a portrait.

From Barron's

That particular playdate had left us with something more like a corn octopus that was far too heavy to be hung.

From Literature

I sat for a while after he hung up on me, mourning the Dad I never had, as if the loss was new, rather than forever, before my grief turned into white-hot fury.

From Literature

Clare, for example, had strung the ceiling with rows and rows of twine, from which freshly cut mushrooms hung to dry.

From Literature

In one room, an emblem of the Greater Mumbai Police hung behind a desk flanked by Indian flags.

From The Wall Street Journal