Example sentences for: hanging

How can you use “hanging” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Mohammadi also disowned Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, whom the students originally supported, saying he listened less and less to the people who voted him in and was now only concerned with hanging on to power.

  • Nearby is the oldest section of town, with steep cobblestoned streets and hanging laundry.

  • Among the guest rooms to be visited, the yellow Voltaire room boasts bizarre rococo decorations including wooden parrots hanging from perches.

  • Lady Yang was known as a famous beauty, and her portrait, hanging in her former dressing room, attests to that.

  • Also, the alphabetical order might prove a bit off-putting for some, for phrasal verbs are set flush left with a hanging indention (like headwords) immediately after the main verb: for instance, take , which has fifteen main entries of its own (for reasons we shall get to), is followed by headword-style entries for take after, take against , etc., through take up with ; it is only then that one reaches the entry for takeaway .


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