as in bowing
bending downward or forward
stood penitently before the judge with a hung head while he received his sentence
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as in slung
to place on an elevated point without support from below
hang your coats on the coat rack in the hall
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as in slumped
to be limp from lack of water or vigor
as they neared the end of the long, hard march all but the most hardy were hanging, and some could barely put one foot in front of the other
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as in hovered
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air
hanging just above the horizon was a little pink cloud
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as in based
to find a basis
that's very slim evidence upon which to hang a theory
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2024
President Emmanuel Macron held snap legislative elections just one month before the Olympic Games, which have left the country with a hung Parliament and a caretaker government.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2024
But upon closer inspection, some of its sharpest details come into clearer view: The subway tiles seen extend throughout the entire cavernous space, while not one but two minimal chandeliers are hung akimbo.
—Madeleine Luckel, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2024
With no party holding an absolute majority in Parliament – meaning no single bloc can form a government – France faces the prospect of a hung Parliament and political stagnation.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2024
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Looking at so much art hung salon-style in gray rooms, the viewer is overwhelmed and unsure where to focus, as if attending an art fair.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2024
President Emmanuel Macron held snap legislative elections just one month before the Olympic Games, which have left the country with a hung Parliament and a caretaker government.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2024
But upon closer inspection, some of its sharpest details come into clearer view: The subway tiles seen extend throughout the entire cavernous space, while not one but two minimal chandeliers are hung akimbo.
—Madeleine Luckel, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2024
With no party holding an absolute majority in Parliament – meaning no single bloc can form a government – France faces the prospect of a hung Parliament and political stagnation.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2024
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“Hung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hung. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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