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

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

In the front hall oil paintings stacked against a wall, waiting to be hung.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025

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