How to Use hang-up in a Sentence

hang-up

1 of 2 noun

• From day one, it’s been on the precipice of throwing it all in, and that’s just my own weird hang-up.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Variety, 14 June 2024
• The hang-up is a bit of an odd one for Lotus, because it’s previously sold a car in the U.S. with the same exact mill.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2024
• But key hang-ups in the talks appear to be spending levels and work requirements.
  — Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 26 May 2023
• Some people rib him with a ‘Wow, good for you’ or emotion-dump about their own social media hang-ups.
  — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
• There were some minor quibbles in our logbook about dull steering feel, but the biggest hang-up with this Niro was its price.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 28 June 2023
• Some advocates interviewed by The Sun praised police for following up on the 911 hang-up both by phone and in person.
  — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2024
• But downtown doesn’t have the same legislative hang-ups, which meant Ikea could open here without going through a gantlet of approvals.
  — Trisha Thadani, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
• The hang-ups and prejudices of older generations are not theirs.
  — Kate T. Parker, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024
• That’s significantly higher than the rest of the states, where the average call wait was less than 3 minutes and the average hang-up rate was less than 6%.
  — David A. Lieb, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2023
• That's significantly higher than the rest of the states, where the average call wait was less than 3 minutes and the average hang-up rate was less than 6%.
  — Arkansas Online, 18 Aug. 2023
• Democrats, in charge of both chambers, had largely aligned on spending and policy priorities — aside from the few hang-ups on the budget.
  — Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2023
• Such hang-ups might explain why the vocalist waited until 9 p.m. to begin.
  — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2023
• The show’s entire premise, after all, revolves around Levy’s own experiences and hang-ups, not the curiosities of a viewer or a would-be traveler.
  — Nicholas Cannariato, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2023
• But a new rocket, dubbed Ariane 6, just launched on its maiden mission after years of delays and hang-ups in the development process.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 9 July 2024
• Overregulation no doubt played a role in the former, and, clearly, permitting hang-ups led to the cancellation of the latter — as the company had ...
  — Charles Mitchell, National Review, 3 May 2023
• But the dominant impression is of an artist removing the guard rails of genre to lay ghoulishly bare his fears, insecurities, and hang-ups.
  — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 20 Apr. 2023
• Think of these signs as that one friend who lives for hosting game or movie nights and makes all the snacks from scratch, ensuring everyone's favorite beverage is on deck and offering seconds with no hang-ups.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
• Coming from above-ground plants, the conifer material avoids the original hang-up associated with the Ruppia seeds.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
• According to the lawsuit, Flores repeatedly telephoned them for six weeks and filled their answering machine with silent hang-up calls.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
• In Crompton’s thinking, the ability to effectively hide its suede side in inclement weather may neutralize a common hang-up among even style-conscious men.
  — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2023
• These only thing stopping me from traveling in my Crocs is my personal style hang-up, but if comfort and convenience are at the top of your list, these extremely comfortable shoes are a great option.
  — Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 27 Feb. 2023
• America’s Marilyn hang-up, by this point, was beginning to look terminal.
  — Sophie Lewis, Harper's Magazine, 10 Oct. 2022
• By 2014, Moscow’s new emphasis on Russian pride and reawakened great-power aspirations brought back all the old hang-ups about the United States, stirring up a quasi-patriotic hysteria.
  — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2023
• Pramaggiore also expressed frustration with some potential hang-ups her colleagues still had about Ochoa.
  — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2023
• That meant confronting assembly line snafus and psychological hang-ups.
  — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2023
• Harker also comes from an unfortunate background with a mother, Ruth (Alicia Witt), who has her own religious hang-ups and twisted personality.
  — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 9 July 2024
• Mayberry attempted a compromise bill, similar to the one now backed by Sanders, which cut everything in the previous bill except for the provision on security and also would have not been retroactive, a hang-up for some lawmakers.
  — Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 14 Sep. 2023
• Cutting power: Some braids are excellent at sawing through vegetation, making hang-ups less frequent in some situations.
  — Jerry Audet, Field & Stream, 13 Mar. 2023
• But communications are confusing or nonexistent to Stewart and other people affected by workplace benefit hang-ups for transportation.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
• Cal State campuses have conducted workshops with local high schools — and also stepped up assistance for continuing students, who also were encountering unfamiliar hang-ups with their applications.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024

Advertisement

hang up

2 of 2 verb

• The left ear cup has buttons to enable active noise canceling, to answer or hang up phone calls and a mute button.
  — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2020
• There are a limited number of banners this time around, but Williams hopes to hang up more military banners again.
  — Sierra Newton, Cincinnati.com, 11 June 2020
• So don’t hang up those bike cleats just yet, ugly guys — beauty might be in the eye of the beholder, but nothing’s sexier than winning.
  — Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2014
• Ann Justus, the woman inside the apartment also called 911 and didn't hang up.
  — Helen Wieffering, azcentral, 17 June 2020
• Don’t forget: Natural shelters like this are difficult to see from a distance, so hang up something bright like a flag to mark the shelter.
  — Popular Science, 28 May 2020
• Consider putting it on a poster or banner to hang up wherever most of the activities will take place or use printable iron-on fabric transfer sheets to make t-shirts or reusable bags.
  — Ruth A. Musgrave, National Geographic, 24 June 2020
• Tony has hung up his platform shoes to audition for Broadway musicals, scoring a role in a bombastic dance extravaganza.
  — Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
• Serena Williams hung up her tennis racket at 40, having competed years past the typical expiration date for sports stars.
  — Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2024
• The 35-year-old isn’t ready to hang up his spikes quite yet.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 6 Nov. 2022
• Sean Paul told her to hang up the phone and call the police.
  — Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Aug. 2021
• Just hang up, delete the email, delete the text message and move on.
  — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2021
• When Bethany starts up again, your wife should hang up the phone.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024
• Toma hung up, and for the next two weeks, barely slept.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 7 Dec. 2023
• The sort of things my mother would not have wanted to hang up in the house.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2022
• The first homemade piece to be hung up was a bit of a prophecy.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023
• The woman called the man a racial slur, then asked police to hang up on him.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2023
• And the Nets would probably be just as wise to hang up.
  — Mike Mazzeo, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2021
• Hyun-Sang hangs up on Woo Min, who’s never heard from again in the film.
  — David Opie, IndieWire, 4 July 2024
• The guests, on going to bed, will, of course, hang up their stockings.
  — Nancy Mitford, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2023
• Ross ignored her command to hang up and shut off the car.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2023
• Time to hang up the aviators and put the false teeth back in storage.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2020
• Pick up mini clothespins from the craft store and attach them to the string to hang up the cards.
  — Teaghan Skulszki, Sunset Magazine, 7 Dec. 2021
• If you are told to press a button to be removed from the call list, hang up.
  — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 23 July 2022
• Reached by phone, his father hung up on a reporter from The Times.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
• But Pelosi said he was being instructed to hang up the phone, and the call ends.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2023
• Feel free to hang up your wet clothes or stow your equipment here.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2023
• Any resident who gets such a call should hang up the phone.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2021
• Remove clutter near the door and make room for guests to kick off shoes and hang up coats.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Nov. 2021
• Men on their bars watched the C.O. pick up, nod, hang up and walk to different cells.
  — New York Times, 6 Apr. 2021
• Then crying would turn to coughing, and Ruiz would have to hang up.
  — Brittany Shammas, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024