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
The jutting shoulders — on fluid gowns, minidresses and tuxedo “tailleur-jupes” above pencil skirts — were so big that sashes and scarves were able to literally hang off, as if on scaffolding.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2023
If anything, his success makes failure hang off Henry's shoulders with a glaring shapelessness.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2023
In Fydor Pahomov’s sea-facing yard, tangled bundles of fishing nets hang off clotheslines.
From Washington Post • Dec. 25, 2021
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
