How to Use hang around in a Sentence

hang around

verb
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  • The gold medal that would hang around his neck cemented him in history.
    — Zoe Grossman, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
  • In memory, the layered intrigues will keep hanging around.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
  • Both numbers are elite and hang around the top of the league.
    — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Cloudy skies hang around, with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s.
    — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
  • In this case, though, Penn State didn’t just hang around.
    — Ralph D. Russo, ajc, 29 Oct. 2022
  • And in the few places that do allow hunting, the pigs know not to hang around.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2022
  • As for the rest of the week, the mild temperatures will hang around.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The clouds will be slow to clear late in the day and chilly conditions will hang around.
    — Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The ball hung around the rim for what seemed like an eternity.
    — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
  • The year may be new, but the old ESG debate is still hanging around.
    — Margret Trilli, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024
  • It can be hung around the neck or clipped onto waistbands to blow cool air up the shirt.
    — Matthew Parker, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2023
  • But as the dog days of summer linger, Covid is hanging around too.
    — WIRED, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Plenty of clouds hang around, but very few showers reach the ground.
    — David Streit, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Serve over ice and fresh fruit in those punch glasses that have been hanging around since the '60s.
    — Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Couple of gold chains hanging around his neck, and a blonde on his arm.
    — Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
  • The Red Storm never trailed again but allowed the Friars to hang around.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
  • A lot of managers don’t get the chance to hang around for the turnaround after a rebuild.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2023
  • Some hang around your neck or clip onto your waist, and the price ranges from about $10 to $50 on Amazon.
    — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2024
  • Foster yells at the rookies hanging around the crime scene.
    — Vulture, 31 Aug. 2023
  • As winter comes to a close, the sun is starting to hang around in the sky for a bit longer with each passing day.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The keys to his apartment—on the ground floor, luckily, a city bus ride away—hung around her neck.
    — Jennifer Egan, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
  • This is the ability to hang around over the battlefield.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Some are in uniform, while others have school IDs hung around their necks.
    — Aina Marzia, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2023
  • These were planks of wood with the initials W.N. on them that would be hung around the necks of students caught speaking the language in school.
    — Chris Lau, CNN, 29 July 2023
  • Jupiter will hang around the evening skies until mid-April but will have a visitor on Feb. 14.
    — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Warm temperatures will hang around the South and the Northwest through the weekend.
    — Janice Dean, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The Tar Heels have all the tools necessary to hang around or even win against a poor foul shooting Baylor squad.
    — Xl Media, cleveland, 19 Mar. 2022
  • This feels like a key stretch for the New England defense, which needs a stop and a Bills punt to be able to continue to hang around.
    — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2023
  • That let a team missing its leading scorer and two bigs hang around far too long.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2022
  • For an even more playful take on this era, make paper snowflakes and ornaments to hang around the home.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2023

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