Verb
A cliff overhangs the trail.
The patio was overhung by a canopy.
The path was overhung with willow trees. Noun
The overhang of the roof cast a shadow on the ground.
a recess in the face of the cliff that is hidden by the thick vines dangling from the jagged overhang above
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Verb
The Google question The biggest question mark overhanging the tech industry is what could happen to Google now that it’s been ruled a monopoly.—Clare Duffy, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024 Researchers analyzed radar images of the Mare Tranquillitatis pit (MTP), an elliptical skylight with vertical or overhanging walls and a sloping pit floor that seems to extend further underground.—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 16 July 2024
Noun
However, the ongoing trial regarding Abbott’s premature infant formula remains an overhang for the stock.—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 12 July 2024 If any homeless resident bedded down beneath the building’s generous overhang, security has cleared them out.—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for overhang
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