hung up
Example Sentences
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Berner warned that new homeowners should not get hung up on their home’s value after they move in, as it could lead to unnecessary anxiety.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
In the first year of the invasion, after Russian forces overran his home city of Kherson, Oleksiy Sivak hung up a Ukrainian flag on the country’s independence day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
When busy barman Darren Summers' phone rang and a voice told him he had won a prize he dismissed it as a prank and hung up.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
A woman who identified herself as Sheryl Sokoloff hung up on a Times reporter last week when asked about the race expenditures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
I hung up the phone and turned off the TV, my scalp tingling like the static inside the blackened television.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
