hung up
adjective
1
: delayed or detained for a time
2
: anxiously nervous
3
: having great or excessive interest in or preoccupation with someone or something
—usually used with on
they broke up but he's still hung up on her
hung up on winning
Examples of hung up in a Sentence
Many people are hung up about their physical appearance.
parents of a toddler who are already hung up about her getting into a good college
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Dreiling agreed that an NGI defense often gets hung up on the question of whether the defendant can distinguish between right and wrong at the time of crime.
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
Done being hung up on things that wont change.
—Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Daydream Plus for the next quarter-century, or if Neil Young hung up his guitar and kept putting out variations on Trans.
—Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2026
There’s been 27 since Dan Marino hung up the cleats after the 1999 season.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
Done being hung up on things that wont change.
—Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Daydream Plus for the next quarter-century, or if Neil Young hung up his guitar and kept putting out variations on Trans.
—Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2026
There’s been 27 since Dan Marino hung up the cleats after the 1999 season.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hung up
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“Hung up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hung%20up. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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