hanging

Example Sentences

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That truce remains fragile, leaving a major risk hanging over markets.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

The result - a 2-0 defeat by Paris St-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final - left Liverpool's season hanging by a thread.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

She displayed “Poppy,” a squeegee abstract in cheery red and blue hues, in her living room, with an untitled version in subtler white and green hues from 2009 hanging in her bedroom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

“You’d go during Redlands Market Night, people would be hanging out, so all your friends would kind of meet up for that one night a week.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

“Hey there,” she calls, and I wonder if she knows how weird it is that Jonah and I are together right now, or if she never noticed we’d stopped hanging out.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison