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hanging on every word
adjective as in attentive
Example Sentences
Blige launched the Strength of a Woman event in 2022 after years of seeing women at her concerts “hanging on every word like my life is theirs.”
It was the culmination of everything he and his legal team had fought for: a prime-time slot in downtown Los Angeles, with friends and family backstage and adoring fans in the audience hanging on every word.
“Hopefully Jay Powell will have a smile on his face when he is talking about the most recent data because everybody’s going to be hanging on every word. He has a right to have a smile on his face. Things are working out. You know, the biggest thing that is holding the Fed back right now are the jobs numbers. I think they would like to see unemployment get up towards 5%.”
They were hanging on every word, every sentence.
“I was hanging on every word he was saying,” said one supporter, Stephen Ayres, who has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly and disruptive conduct for his role in attacking the Capitol.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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