How to Use hang on in a Sentence

hang on

verb

• At the time of the deal, the jury was hung on who won and who lost.
  — Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
• Unique to the house is that the art hung on the walls are by the home’s first owners.
  — Kristine Hansen, Architectural Digest, 1 Apr. 2025
• Long Wing— See Tom hang on to the wing of the biplane mid-flight.
  — Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
• Black habits hung on hooks that come to life with a burst of wind and a queasy glance.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 May 2024
• Harford hung on to a three-to-four-goal lead in that time.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2024
• Ease along in first gear at 15 mph, then squeeze the throttle down to the floor and hang on.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 2 July 2020
• Two maps – one of the United States, the other of the world – hang on the wall across from the window.
  — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2024
• Once framed, the piece can be hung on a wall as decor for seasons to come.
  — Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2024
• Or, hang on, maybe life is a chrysalis, a labyrinth, or a box of chocolates.
  — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• Neoptolemus: Says the dope who couldn’t hang on to his wife in the first place.
  — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
• What to know Still, Trump is hanging on to the vast bulk of his voters.
  — Gary Langer, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2025
• There, hanging on the wall, is a photo of a tanker, the Toho Maru.
  — Ronan O'Connell, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
• What hangs on the wall is, in effect, a matrix or shell.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
• The hooked gator then dove for the bottom, peeling drag and pulling the boat in circles as the hunters hung on for the ride.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
• But hang on a minute, she’s got these boys under her thumb.
  — Clover Hope, ELLE, 23 Aug. 2023
• Drake Maye seems to have a bright future in New England, and the coach needs to hang on to his job.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
• The same photo of her is still hanging on the rearview mirror of his car.
  — Emily Blackwood, People.com, 31 July 2025
• Depends on whether the Beavers can hang on to their best players, and add stars to the roster.
  — oregonlive, 17 Feb. 2023
• The Negroni menu draws guests up the ski lift to dine beneath the deer-head trophies hung on the wood walls.
  — Noah Lederman, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2024
• Pictures of the coffee shop's past life hang on the bathroom walls.
  — Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
• This Water Street bar in the former Rosie's space is a chill spot to hang on the weekends.
  — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2024
• The biggest piece of art was a large white canvas that looked like a wall, hanging on the wall.
  — Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
• Framed platinum and gold records from bands like Dokken hang on the wall behind him.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 17 Mar. 2023
• Weinberg, of course, needs to decide what color to paint the walls and what posters to hang on them.
  — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2025
• The Rays were hanging on to a 1-1 tie in the sixth when starter Ryan Pepiot had one on and two out.
  — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2025
• Give it a spin on clothing, too, since clothes are often notorious for hanging on to pet fur.
  — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2026
• Several of these photographs hung on the wall in the kitchen, above the stove.
  — Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
• So this is really just an extraordinary story of a sheriff that can just hang on.
  — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
• Ideal for hanging on a wall to adorn a space with stunning art, these postcards are also suitable for mailing to friends and family.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
• Like traditional artwork, Piper said her quilts are not made to be utilized, but to hang on a wall like an oil painting would hang.
  — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026