be hung

Example Sentences

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To imagine how many lanterns would be hung here, at any given time, is like trying to count how many trees would be in the Amazon.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

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

The catch: Portraits must be hung along with those of losers past, which is why the league is named “The Canvas Keeprs.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 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

It was really very strange that a woman as beautiful and slender and willowy and graceful, a creature as perfectly packaged, as supremely dressed as the Countess should be hung up on teeth that way.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman