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
Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
However, Boreman and Remmert agreed that people shouldn’t get too hung up on the numbers.
—Brian Mastroianni, Health, 9 July 2025
Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
The day seemed over hung by an unnatural darkness, as if some thing large and ominous was hovering over head.
—Joel M. Vance, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Cease got right back to being nasty, setting down the next four batters before his first pitch to Eugenio Suarez, a slider hung belt-high on the outer portion of the plate, was hit high and landed just beyond the left field wall.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
However, Boreman and Remmert agreed that people shouldn’t get too hung up on the numbers.
—Brian Mastroianni, Health, 9 July 2025
Verb
In the photo, the Grammy winner showed off her brown 'do, styled with loose curls that hung down on her shoulders and a side part.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
The day seemed over hung by an unnatural darkness, as if some thing large and ominous was hovering over head.
—Joel M. Vance, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
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The pebbled leather bag features canvas handles and an adjustable, detachable strap that can be slung over your shoulder.—
Melony Forcier,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
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Spherical jugs of different mezcals dangle from a rope slung across the bar.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
21 Oct. 2025
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Louisiana, where almost half of the state depended on Medicaid in 2023, could lose up to $34 billion in federal Medicaid dollars in the next decade, according to KFF, a health policy research group.—
NPR,
NPR,
25 Oct. 2025
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But the shopkeeper, the restaurateur, the hairdresser—those whose livelihoods depended on open doors and face-to-face contact—saw their incomes collapse overnight.—
Ugo Troiano,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
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Kansas City's brisk temperatures hovered in the low 50s as the red-and-gold looked to extend its winning record.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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The number of murders attributed to the Boston Strangler has long hovered around 13 women, killed between June 14, 1962, and January 1964, all in the greater Boston area.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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In fact, as showrunner and executive producer Alex Duda explains, the Halloween theme is always based on Clarkson’s Kellyoke pick.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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His buddy Truffaut even has an idea about a would-be French gangster who gets into hot water, based roughly on the true-crime tabloid story of Michel Portail.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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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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The at-bats were brief and uneventful, the opposite of the approach that carried Toronto to this stage and felled Snell in Game 1.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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That says a lot about the 2025 Red Sox, who were a top offensive team in many metrics, but were also felled by their bats in crucial spots throughout the year and postseason.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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Several names have been floated as possible replacements for Kelly in Baton Rouge.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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Baumgartner floated a similar measure in April as part of his Restore College Sports Act.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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That’s because the gains at the top are largely predicated on a speculative artificial intelligence stock market boom that even some AI proponents say could quickly fizzle — and potentially take the US economy down with it.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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Also, that 2028 date is predicated on Diddy being a near model prisoner, law enforcement sources tell me.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Hung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hung. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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