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hung

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verb

variants also hanged
past tense of hang
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as in depended
to be determined by, based on, or subject (to) our plan to go to the amusement park has all been worked out; now it just hangs on the weather

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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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Hachiya persimmons are peeled, hung, and lovingly massaged every day for four to six weeks. Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024 Both of the public health officials in those two counties had lynch mobs outside their offices, people calling for them to be hung, young men in pickup trucks patrolling their neighborhoods, looking for them at night to attack them. Abc News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for hung 

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“Hung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hung. Accessed 2 Nov. 2024.

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