How to Use hung in a Sentence

hung

adjective
Definition of hungnext
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  • The 31 images are small and densely hung, with thick black wood frames.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Those men had been brutalized and hung and burnt (had they been burnt?
    — Namwali Serpell, Harper's Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
  • The trial ended with a hung jury and the charges were dismissed in 2018.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2022
  • No decision has been made on whether the hung counts will be retried.
    — Taylor Romine, CNN, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The first, a murder case in 2001, also ended in a hung jury.
    — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2020
  • Lennon went to trial, got a hung jury and lost his trial.
    — Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Gurriel clobbered the hung changeup 403 feet to left field.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The first trial against him in Tucson ended in June with a hung jury.
    — Rafael Carranza, azcentral, 19 Nov. 2019
  • But to get too hung up on a cringey lyric is to miss the point of Miley Cyrus at this phase of her weird, winding, one-of-one career.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Woodward was tried twice for the crime in the 1990s, but both trials resulted in a hung jury.
    — Paul Best, Fox News, 12 July 2022
  • To double-check thermal flows or unique wind currents from a hung stand.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 11 Sep. 2020
  • His first trial resulted in a hung jury, but the second time the charges stuck.
    — Michael Stahl, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Here and there are hung small pictures of modest landscapes, a barn covered in snow.
    — Alex Mar, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Fans wearing the blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag dotted the stands and hung flags throughout the arena.
    — David Shoalts, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The holiday season isn't in full swing until the Christmas tree is decked out, the stockings are hung and shades of red and green flow through the house.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The wood trusses involved in this latest collapse are not the top-chord hung trusses that were found at the gym and the thrift store, which both had flat roofs.
    — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2023
  • To brighten the space while letting the redwood shine, Patricia painted the trim white and hung gallery walls with bright art.
    — Mallory Abreu, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Beckwith had already been to trial twice for the crime, in 1964, both times ending in hung juries.
    — Joseph Crespino, WSJ, 19 Feb. 2020
  • His trial resulted in a hung jury, and the two sides then agreed to a plea deal instead of retrying him.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Oh, and to make your new 200-square-foot piece of land feel extra homey, there's a pre-hung hammock beckoning you to put up your feet.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2022
  • The next two ended in hung juries but the fourth resulted in a conviction.
    — NBC News, 26 Apr. 2020
  • After four years of legal wrangling and six weeks in court, the trial ended in a hung jury.
    — New York Times, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Fox and Croft were tried earlier this year, but there was a hung jury and the judge declared a mistrial.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Once the game begins, the space lights up with images from the world’s largest center-hung video screen, and vibrates with deafening crowd noise.
    — Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The first trial ended in a hung jury and the second trial resulted in a guilty plea.
    — Ashlee Banks, Essence, 23 June 2022
  • His first trial in Woodfin’s slaying ended in a hung jury.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 29 May 2020
  • For Chauvin's side, acquittal is the obvious goal, but the next best thing is a hung jury.
    — Fox News, 17 Mar. 2021
  • This is the most important step in ensuring your frame will be level when hung.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Simply pull the fork off the nail and voilà: A hung frame—minus the unnecessary contorting.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The first trial resulted in a hung jury, the Mercury News reported at the time.
    — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 14 July 2022

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