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
Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
The walls are covered with paintings, some crookedly hung, and there’s an enormous David Hockney book displayed on a stand.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
His face has been plastered alongside George Washington’s on National Park Service entrance cards, hung beside Abraham Lincoln’s on a banner in the nation’s capital, and added to special-edition passports.
—Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
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Adjective
As a native Angeleno, I was always loathed visiting these poorly lit, claustrophobically hung galleries.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
The walls are covered with paintings, some crookedly hung, and there’s an enormous David Hockney book displayed on a stand.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
On Thursday, though, employees hung green balloons from the rafters of Big Grove Brewery.
—Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
His face has been plastered alongside George Washington’s on National Park Service entrance cards, hung beside Abraham Lincoln’s on a banner in the nation’s capital, and added to special-edition passports.
—Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
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Verb
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Weighing in at around 220 pounds, its eyes dotted around the room as its legs dangled in suspension.—
Martine Paris,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Mason Lohrei, a left-shot who was moved to the right side, was reportedly dangled in the Andersson talks with Calgary.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
2 May 2026
Verb
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In the 1970s, the world depended heavily on Middle Eastern oil.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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For nearly 80 years, modern computing has depended on electrons rushing through circuits.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
Verb
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The chickens stomp with swift feet like an Irish step dancer, keeping their tails erect and wings drooped.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
29 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Amanda Peet,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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Yet hotel occupancy rates that year hovered at a dismal 30 percent.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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That sense of momentum hovered over the entire fair.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
15 May 2026
Verb
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This was based on a rule enacted last year.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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That projection is based on the player’s performance in each metric over the last three seasons (five for goalies), weighted for recency where more recent seasons carry more significance and regressed to the mean.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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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In a matter of hours, the South Korean Kospi swung from a fresh record high, above the 8,000 milestone, to a 6% loss.—
Katie Foley,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
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Rowles was one of several RedHawks who swung a big bat Wednesday afternoon during a 17-0 nonconference win in four innings over visiting Providence in Chicago.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Shelves sagged under thick plastic fertilizer bags in a riot of colors, bottles of chemicals, grass seed, grass feed, weed killer, soil supplements, fungicides, hoses, fertilizer spreaders, mite killers, stakes, weed netting.—
Maggie Slepian,
Longreads,
14 May 2026
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The cushions haven’t sagged, the corners haven’t weathered despite enduring many bumps, and the navy hue hasn’t faded at all.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
11 May 2026
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“Hung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hung. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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