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US
/ˈhæŋɡɪŋ, ˈhæŋɪŋ/
]
[ UK /hˈæŋɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /hˈæŋɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait -
a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead
in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment -
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
the cold castle walls were covered with hangings
How To Use hanging In A Sentence
- But they have an undeniable gentleness and elephantine beauty about them, with their hanging folds of skin and ponderous outlook on life.
- While on the elimination diet, try to avoid hanging on to a few favourite foods and eating only those. The Allergy Handbook
- I looked up to see Brody onstage, his dishevelled dark brown hair flopping across his forehead and both hands hanging onto the microphone.
- The hanging-wall zone contained 33% of the copper and was the most erratic and discontinuous zone.
- The typical Ruby-crowned Kinglet nest is deep and is suspended from two hanging twigs.
- Now the girl is also changing, consuming everything with such rapaciousness that it startles him. Until the Heart Stops Beating
- The changing magnetic fields create an electrical current.
- More impressive still is his quicksilver dexterity in following the ever-changing contours of Sibelius' form.
- Changing men's and women's traditional roles is not easy, but in our case it has been helpful.
- Hula hoops and pet rocks were fads; personal computers and cellular telephones are trends that are changing the way people live.
