How to Use hang in in a Sentence

hang in

verb
Definition of hang innext
Synonyms for hang innext
  • This is the last eclipse of the year, so hang in there.
    — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The cards shuffled, the chips clicked, and a faint scent of stale beer hung in the air.
    — Julia Rafal-Baer, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • There’s a lot of fighting, and the fate of the world is said to hang in the balance.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The game was still hanging in the balance at the half with the Aces leading 52-49.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
  • The smell of coffee and pancakes and biscuits hung in the air.
    — Jack Howland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The Fourth of July is the perfect time to hang in the sun, having lots of fun with friends and fam.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 5 July 2023
  • With Major’s out, the future of Kang hangs in the balance.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The fate of over 1.4 billion people hangs in the balance.
    — Hartosh Singh Bal, Foreign Affairs, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The fate of the small Birmingham college has hung in the balance for months.
    — Rebecca Griesbach | , al, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The guitar must be warm but just a bit bright, with a touch of drive and a long-tail reverb that hangs in the air.
    — Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2024
  • There was shelling and shooting nearby, and the smell of death and gunpowder hung in the air.
    — Loay Ayyoub, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
  • But for the past five games, as their playoff fate has hung in the balance, the Warriors have stepped it up.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The portal between two worlds has been opened and the fate of the world now hangs in the balance, as teen Jin (Ben Wang) learns in the spot.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The title words are from a piece of art hanging in Shapiro’s bathroom.
    — Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Bryce pulled me aside to show me a chic, lightweight suit hanging in his road case.
    — Jon Mooallem, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • He was found dead by hanging in his jail cell a month later.
    — Alyssa Johnson Miami Herald (tns), arkansasonline.com, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Today, a painting of a cat hangs in the office of a hospice team that cared for Spence.
    — Bree Iskandar, STAT, 10 Aug. 2023
  • And hanging in the air as Jones ran through his life here, there was the acrid scent of burning sugar cane.
    — Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Flesh from her buttocks hung in ribbons and blood poured from her pelvis.
    — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The sticky hot air hung in anticipation of the Eras Tour as beads of sweat dripped.
    — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
  • Photographs of the 1973 fire hang in the lobby of the current records center, near St. Louis.
    — Megan Greenwell, WIRED, 27 June 2023
  • Meanwhile, the fate of the film, which does not yet have a distributor, hangs in the balance.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 31 July 2024
  • For the third time in Raziq’s career, his job would hang in the balance as a result of his crimes.
    — Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024
  • Whether that vision survives the upheaval in Niger still hangs in the balance.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Black gold had been gushing there since the nineteen-twenties, and a sulfurous odor hung in the air.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • His hands were hanging in a strange angle from his wrists in front of his chest and covered in blood.
    — Michael Rosenwald, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The fate of the newest Apple Watch models has hung in the balance ever since.
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Democrats are torn on whether to save Kevin McCarthy as his fate as House speaker hangs in the balance.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • As the ball sailed through the air, his team’s fate hanging in the balance, Kaylin Moore seemed bound to be an observer to destiny.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Ruka is a strong swimmer and loves hanging in the pool, her keepers tell Axios, so find the nearest body of water and show off those skills.
    — Kathryn Varn, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024

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