hangers-on

Example Sentences

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The last of them, these spent survivors, these hangers-on, had trudged to the Citrus Show to talk about the real problem, which was the disease.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Everyone acted up: secretaries, senior partners, mailroom clerks, hangers-on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Think backward: Where things begin is the bitter end, at a glitzy Hollywood Hills party in 1976 full of showbiz hangers-on.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

A political get together, a party conference for the politicians, members, and associated hangers-on, would never transform a prime minister's fortunes with the public overnight.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

They could also buy their way into opera houses, most of which were nevertheless built, owned and controlled by rich patrons, chiefly for their own benefit and that of their friends and hangers-on.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall