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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Recent Examples of hung
Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
Fifth Avenue shoppers can’t miss a towering image of the Oscar winner in a suit and tie that is hung floors above the exterior of the house’s Fifth Avenue store — a mile south from The Met.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 May 2025
Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2025
Some women hung their laundry behind their houses, and daughters served their fathers by reading newspapers on wooden benches outside their houses.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Awning, casement, and double hung windows are all great options that allow for waterproofing, soundproofing, and insect-proofing, while still making sure that cross ventilation is possible.
—Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
Fifth Avenue shoppers can’t miss a towering image of the Oscar winner in a suit and tie that is hung floors above the exterior of the house’s Fifth Avenue store — a mile south from The Met.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 May 2025
Verb
Looking to begin their title defense, the Eagles are already closing the door on last year’s success and won’t watch their newest banner be hung.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2025
Some women hung their laundry behind their houses, and daughters served their fathers by reading newspapers on wooden benches outside their houses.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
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Thirty-eight states do not regulate the open carry of guns, which means they can be worn on the hip or slung across the back.—
John Feinblatt,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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But the orange-yellow stains on the lab coats slung on hooks hint at a less-usual subject matter under study.—
Sandy Ong,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Sep. 2025
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Even Seldon flickered between digital and physical selves, his split consciousness pushing conflicting agendas that unsettled the followers who depended on him.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Jones was depended on to close the season for the Jacksonville Jaguars last year when starter Trevor Lawrence was sidelined due to injury.—
Kambui Bomani,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Bonds, which have hovered for a week after a ripping rally , and could struggle if attention returns to stickier inflation?—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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Following the exercise’s finale, two drones carrying Russian and Belarusian flags hovered in front of spectators.—
Patrick Reevell,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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Johnstone directed and penned the screenplay based on characters created by Akela Cooper & James Wan.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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James O’Donoghue, a planetary scientist with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, likened our planet’s tilting phenomenon to a nodding head.—
Aylin Woodward,
WSJ,
21 Dec. 2021
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Cal Fire’s newest proposal for Jackson, dubbed AMEX, targets nearly 500 acres with a patchwork of small clearcuts and is silent on tree sizes to be felled.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Footage from the 1966 Italian documentary Africa Addio, of a herd of elephants being felled by both ground hunters and sharpshooters in helicopters, is distressing to watch.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
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The White House has floated a goal of 3,000 daily ICE arrests, raising concerns among advocates who say such quotas encourage indiscriminate enforcement practices and undermine due process protections.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Kennedy floated a full-on ban against pharmaceutical ads during last year’s election cycle.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Cosmists who believed in technology as a messianic force clashed not just with the Svyatogor camp, but also with the communists, whose guiding ideology of Marxism-Leninism was predicated on the dismantling of age-old social systems to establish a novel world order.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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The call is predicated on Fed officials continuing to worry about inflation but focusing more on jobs.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Hung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hung. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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