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Sentences with hung

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  • In the event of a hung Parliament he would still fight for everything in the manifesto.
  • A hung parliament
  • Art Conrad hung a Santa from a cross in front of his Washington home, making a statement about the commercialisation of Christmas.
  • Attorney-General Bob Debus on Wednesday said about 80 NSW trials resulted in hung juries each year.
  • A hung jury
  • Hang a right at the next corner.
  • For most senses of hang the past tense and past participle is hung: I hung the curtains; he had hung the new painting on the wall. However, when the meaning is 'to suspend or be suspended by the neck until dead', the past tense and past participle is hanged: the traitors were hanged; they had hanged him at dawn. This form is also used in the idiom I'll be hanged
  • The wounded man's life hung in the balance.
  • The chief engineer is hanging it up after 40 years with the company.
  • Try to hang loose and don't let it bother you.
  • He hung one on the bully and knocked him down.
  • This pancake batter doesn't hang together.
  • He's hanging tough and won't change his mind.
  • She's never been one to let it all hang out.
  • To hang a pendulum.
  • He hanged himself from a beam in the attic.
  • To hang a room with pictures.
  • To hang a scythe.
  • To hang pictures in a room.
  • To hang curtains on a window.
  • The gallery hung his paintings in a small corner.
  • To hang a rider on a bill.
  • He hung the meaning of his puns on the current political scene.
  • Friends hung that nickname on him.
  • He hung a left on his opponent's jaw.
  • I'll be hanged if I do. Hang it all!
  • The tree hung over the edge of the lake.
  • His future hangs on the outcome of their discussion.
  • He hung between staying and going.
  • Let that matter hang until our next meeting.
  • He hung by her side, unwilling to leave.
  • Fog hung over the city.
  • Guilt that hangs on one's conscience.
  • They hung on his every word.
  • That coat hangs well in back.
  • His works hang in most major museums.
  • To get the hang of a tool.
  • To get the hang of a subject.
  • He doesn't give a hang about those things.
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