hang-up

Example Sentences

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The hang-up was over the potential for Nvidia processors to eventually end up in China.

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

Trump has reportedly had a hang-up about his mitts since Greydon Carter's Spy magazine called him a "short-fingered vulgarian" three decades ago.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2024

Weighted down by the responsibilities of matrimony, they reveal their existential hang-up: an indomitable fairy-tale urge to find other damsels to save.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023

Fire crews responding to a 911 hang-up call about 2:22 a.m. found a 1,096-square-foot, single-story home on fire in the 3500 block of South May Street, according to a Fire Department news release.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2023

Maybe it was my own personal hang-up, but I felt like both girls were waiting to see if I would flip out or something.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith