be hung

Example Sentences

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Companies like Everlasting Comfort sell packable “foot hammocks,” which can be hung from your tray table.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

The extravagant abode features soaring 50-foot ceilings, Italian-style gardens, and Baccarat crystal chandeliers so heavy they had to be hung from steel beams.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 8, 2025

“Stoppard’s new play can’t be hung with one of those preprinted tags that theater critics carry in their pockets for easy labeling,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2025

She’s being a little hard on handsome, thoughtful Miles, who turns out to be an all-but-perfect guy with one issue: He may still be hung up on the ex who dumped him for Daphne’s ex.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

I’ll be hung if he didn’t lie flat on his back then, like he was ready to die himself.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool