hang off
Example Sentences
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But she is covered from head to toe in clothes that hang off her tiny frame - her only shield against the searing heat and dust.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2024
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
Each rail section — three in total — has between three and five options with curved rails, straight ones that hang off ledges or angled rails that slope down.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2022
Their backpacks hang off them like potato sacks, all lumpy and jouncing on the backs of their knees.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
