How to Use hang up in a Sentence

hang up

verb

• The 35-year-old isn’t ready to hang up his spikes quite yet.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 6 Nov. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• This is my fourth call about this; I have been transferred three times and twice hung up on.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
• When reached on the phone by The Republic, Hanna hung up.
  — AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2023
• While he's been banged up and labeled injury-prone, the 34-year-old has no plans to hang up his boots.
  — Justin Birnbaum, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
• Shocked and grieving, Tony hangs up his badge and gun and heads to Paris to become a full-time parent to Tali.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
• For her, the hardest part of the job is letting go after hanging up.
  — ABC News, 16 July 2023
• Half the band was dead, and Nez was pushing 80 and clearly ready to hang up the green wool hat forever.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2022
• But there’s reason to believe the Flash can keep running, even if Miller has to hang up their shoes.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 June 2022
• For those hung up on some of the standard beach vacation amenities, there's the Beach Club.
  — Stacey Lastoe, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2023
• But now that Patrice Bergeron has hung up his skates, the next choice of captain might be a bit murkier to read.
  — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
• These are easy to hang up, so you aren’t limited to lighting the patio with them.
  — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2022
• There's no safety latch to keep them closed so they're best stored hanging up instead of in a tool bag.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2023
• The phone rang and rang, so many times that Bob muttered Jesus Christ and was about to hang up when a woman answered.
  — Tom Hanks, Harper’s Magazine , 5 Jan. 2023
• But for two years now, the lights hung up by Dunkelberg have been a welcome reminder of her husband.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
• The next biggest hang up for Americans: lack of 5G service in their area.
  — Aj Dellinger, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
• There was no better place for Norah Flatley to hang up her crown.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
• And so the man who was told to leave his guitar at home and focus on baseball has instead hung up his spikes.
  — Scott Miller, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• The cost of the legislation is the biggest hang up in getting support, Ruiz said.
  — Amanda Seitz, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2023
• After more than 40 years, Tim Burton is ready to hang up his Disney crown.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2022
• Peggy hung up, called her sister Denise and met her at the emergency room.
  — AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024