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 dangled
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 drooped
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
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
Best for a smaller bathroom, this wall-hung fixture includes a drywall-safe cleat for installation and plenty of room for plumbing inside the cabinet.
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Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
21 Apr. 2026
Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
29 June 2026
Behind the judge’s chair hung a massive crest of an eagle with wings spread, its fierce beak turned stage right.
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William Finnegan,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
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Adjective
As a result of this crash, methods to detect corrosion were prioritized in the troubleshooting for hung starts.
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Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
Best for a smaller bathroom, this wall-hung fixture includes a drywall-safe cleat for installation and plenty of room for plumbing inside the cabinet.
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Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
21 Apr. 2026
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There’s a reason they’re strung along restaurant patios and hung for wedding receptions.
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Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
29 June 2026
Behind the judge’s chair hung a massive crest of an eagle with wings spread, its fierce beak turned stage right.
—
William Finnegan,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
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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.
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The Celtics dangled Brown in trade talks for Antetokounmpo, but when Milwaukee chose Miami's offer, Boston had to pivot.
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Former Mayor Sue Lynch had hopes of turning the former school into a community center, but no private partners took the bait after a study for the project was dangled before potential stakeholders.
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Until recently, Norway depended on private companies to conduct such advanced underwater surveys.
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For decades, scientists believed this renewal depended heavily on fibroblasts, a class of supportive cells nestled in the deeper layer of the skin that secrete growth-promoting molecules and build the structural scaffolding that holds tissue together.
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The chickens stomp with swift feet like an Irish step dancer, keeping their tails erect and wings drooped.
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But his mouth was open and drooped peculiarly to one side, and his skin was sucked into his skeleton like a vacuum storage bag.
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Off-pitch issues hovered over the tournament, but the football has delivered.
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The lowest get-in prices hovered around $3,500 early Saturday on Friday.
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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.
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Sometimes, were stymied because the conduct is based, the servers are based, outside of certainly Manhattan, but in many instances outside the United States.
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
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Amid a challenging macroeconomic climate, American design furniture conglomerate MillerKnoll swung to a positive net earnings position in its fiscal fourth quarter.
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The Rays swung at his curveball and changeup, but the pitches didn’t generate many whiffs.
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“Hung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hung. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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