hung up

Example Sentences

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“He’s singing for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe,” Ginsberg exalted.

From Slate • May 25, 2021

So I’m not sure why certain commentators get so hung-up on it.

From Golf Digest • Sep. 26, 2018

“What is happening to LIFE?” lamented another, calling the “psyched-out, hung-up, off-their-rockers” musicians “outrageous,” and not in a good way.

From Time • Feb. 6, 2015

I’m not hung-up on the exact amount; I’m fascinated about its significance and what this means to Boomers and their children and grandchildren.

From Forbes • Sep. 30, 2014

Steve and two teamsters who had been hung-up on the roads had spent the night watching that flying sparks did not catch its splintery grey shingles.

From The Pioneers by Prichard, Katharine Susannah