hanging

Example Sentences

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Her hanging proved instrumental in ending the death penalty in Britain.

From Barron's • Jul. 8, 2026

She repays about £150 a month and said it feels like "a constant burden that is always hanging over your head".

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026

At the end of the video, Barrymore let her hair down and snapped a selfie against one of the walls in the RV, on which an oven mitt could be seen hanging from a hook.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 8, 2026

It’s to experience the visceral thrill and nerve-shredding tension that occurs when two genuine powers square off, with the promise of history-making triumph, individual glory and intense national humiliation all hanging in the balance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 5, 2026

“I don’t like to be left hanging on a limb. Maybe if you whispered and told me what you wished, no one would hear and everything would be all right.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls