hangs about
Example Sentences
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The colder air hangs about until early next week at which point the weather will then gradually turn a little milder with temperatures recovering to a little above the mid March average.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
"I don't want to be one of these fighters that hangs about into my late thirties. I want to get in, get on and get out," he said.
From Reuters ● Jul. 22, 2022
It’s the story of the girls’ larger-than-life “honor” — a disembodied thing that hangs about them menacingly, threatening to fall away at any moment, ruining the whole family.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2021
Flanagan hangs about a dozen Chekhov guns on the wall, which diminishes the payoff of each, and the deus ex machina shenanigans he pulls are obnoxiously typical.
From The Verge ● Mar. 15, 2016
A wild sea-poetry hangs about his name in Welsh legend.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
