hang off

Example Sentences

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"There are leeches literally everywhere. The leeches are not only on the floor, but these leeches climb trees, they hang off the trees and then drop on you to suck your blood."

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2023

If anything, his success makes failure hang off Henry's shoulders with a glaring shapelessness.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2023

Buster Keaton did his train stunts in “The General,” so Cruise could hang off the side of a plane.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2022

Exposed roots of willow trees and broken slabs of mud hang off the riverbank, telltale signs of erosion.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2021

Fragments of thick webbing hang off the blade.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer