How to Use hung up in a Sentence

hung up

adjective

• Many people are hung up about their physical appearance.
• The Cubs hit a few deep fly balls early in the game that got hung up in the wind.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2022
• Callion had to cut the harness to free the three from the chute, which was hung up on the old bridge.
  — al, 1 June 2022
• But the ball hung up there, just drifting through the air, and the rookie felt his body start to drop.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Jan. 2023
• The caller had hung up, and when the operator called back the phone was off the hook.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2021
• During one of the calls, the scammer hung up when Leibowitz asked whether the call was a scam.
  — Malak Silmi, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Nov. 2021
• But that doesn’t capture the many people who just gave up and hung up.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 24 June 2022
• Larry just hung up and the scammer tried to call him 17 more times.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2021
• The man on the line assured the woman that her daughter was fine and hung up quickly.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2022
• The victim's son was the one who called 911, but hung up for reasons unknown.
  — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 30 Mar. 2022
• The splitter — which should’ve dipped beneath the zone — instead hung up for Drury.
  — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2022
• Rescuers searched the area for about 3 1/2 hours and located the body of the rafter hung up on a rock in the river, the statement said.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 18 July 2022
• Billa hung up and called someone else back, and got the same response.
  — ProPublica, 30 July 2021
• Fast forward 30 years, and Rodgers had largely hung up his skates.
  — New York Times, 21 June 2022
• As soon as the transaction was complete, the caller hung up.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2022
• The officer tried to contact the man, who hung up after hearing what the call was about.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 1 Nov. 2022
• The caller, who sounded drunk, hung up on the dispatcher.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 30 June 2021
• Two years after Tom hung up the green and gold, the next branch of the family tree has taken root.
  — Alex Murphy, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2022
• Celery hung up in the grind chamber briefly but cleared quickly on its own.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 26 Aug. 2021
• Thorne’s first pass on the opening play of the game to tight end Daniel Barker hung up in the strong winds that persisted all day.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2022
• Since then, though, Koelzer has hung up her skates and taken on a new challenge.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 26 June 2021
• Karl writes that after a heated few minutes, Flynn hung up the phone -- and that was the last time the two men talked.
  — Will Steakin, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2021
• But his younger brother hung up, then called his mother.
  — Kathy Gannon, Chron, 21 Sep. 2021
• Reached by phone Friday, Brown declined to comment and hung up.
  — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Jan. 2022
• Boebert went on Instagram to talk about the phone call, saying in a video that Omar hung up on her.
  — Ryan Tarinelli, Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2021
• Some 37 states have passed a version of Erin’s Law, which has been hung up in the Ohio legislature.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 8 June 2022
• Members of the flight crew hung up streamers made from toilet paper and made Mitchama sash out of snack bags.
  — Sara Smart, CNN, 29 Apr. 2022
• Forgive the gruesome image, but the symbolism was that their heads were hung up on a wall.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2021
• Gray-Smith also said that the detective hung up on his and Smith-Fields' father.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2022
• What if your client is hung up on engagements and web traffic?
  — Christopher Tompkins, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024