How to Use hung in a Sentence

hung

adjective
  • But no need to get too hung up on that.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In some rooms, paintings are hung salon style.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Those men had been brutalized and hung and burnt (had they been burnt?
    Namwali Serpell, Harper's Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
  • No decision has been made on whether the hung counts will be retried.
    Taylor Romine, CNN, 21 Oct. 2022
  • To double-check thermal flows or unique wind currents from a hung stand.
    Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 11 Sep. 2020
  • The 31 images are small and densely hung, with thick black wood frames.
    BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • His first three murder trials in state court ended with hung juries.
    Fox News, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Here and there are hung small pictures of modest landscapes, a barn covered in snow.
    Alex Mar, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Angry, funny, young and old, hung and bold, ruder and cruder!
    Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Jan. 2026
  • This is the most important step in ensuring your frame will be level when hung.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Failure to reach at least one verdict, or a hung jury, is a rarity.
    Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 18 Apr. 2021
  • His first trial resulted in a hung jury, but the second time the charges stuck.
    Michael Stahl, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2022
  • His first trial ended in a hung jury and mistrial last month.
    Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Local residents complained about the noise and hung signs protesting the project.
    Laurie Winkless, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Single-hung windows can be placed in any room throughout a house, but some rooms might be better than others.
    Anna Popp, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
  • After four years of legal wrangling and six weeks in court, the trial ended in a hung jury.
    New York Times, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The next two ended in hung juries but the fourth resulted in a conviction.
    NBC News, 26 Apr. 2020
  • The first trial against him in Tucson ended in June with a hung jury.
    Rafael Carranza, azcentral, 19 Nov. 2019
  • His trial resulted in a hung jury, and the two sides then agreed to a plea deal instead of retrying him.
    Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The first trial ended in a hung jury and the second trial resulted in a guilty plea.
    Ashlee Banks, Essence, 23 June 2022
  • The trial ended with a hung jury and the charges were dismissed in 2018.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2022
  • One juror did not want to convict, and the hung jury resulted in a mistrial.
    Winston Gieseke, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The suit also pointed out that Lee's first trial resulted in a hung jury.
    NBC News, 8 May 2021
  • Galatolo will next appear in court March 6, when it will be decided whether to retry the hung counts.
    Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Fox and Croft were tried earlier this year, but there was a hung jury and the judge declared a mistrial.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 23 Aug. 2022
  • In the same realm of safety risks, single-hung windows only open from the bottom, which could pose a risk to young children or pets.
    Anna Popp, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
  • They are installed with a top-hung system that allows for easy opening and closing without the need for closures on the floor.
    Sunset Magazine, 11 Feb. 2022
  • For Chauvin's side, acquittal is the obvious goal, but the next best thing is a hung jury.
    Fox News, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Once the game begins, the space lights up with images from the world’s largest center-hung video screen, and vibrates with deafening crowd noise.
    Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The jurors could not agree, and the case ended in a hung jury after three days of deliberation.
    Maya Rao, Star Tribune, 21 Mar. 2021

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