How to Use hung up in a Sentence

hung up

adjective

• Many people are hung up about their physical appearance.
• The Cubs hit a few deep fly balls early in the game that got hung up in the wind.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2022
• The mother reached the man on the phone, but when the officer took the phone, the man hung up.
  — cleveland, 22 Aug. 2020
• The pump was still in the man’s car, so police removed and hung up the pump.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 6 Nov. 2020
• Callion had to cut the harness to free the three from the chute, which was hung up on the old bridge.
  — al, 1 June 2022
• Old zebra-print sheets were hung up to hide the garage door.
  — Kieran Dahl, Washington Post, 30 June 2020
• But in the beginning, don't get too hung up on the book.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 29 May 2020
• But the ball hung up there, just drifting through the air, and the rookie felt his body start to drop.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Jan. 2023
• No hosiery mill could help her to make the product - all of them hung up on her.
  — Stephanie Burns, Forbes, 25 May 2021
• When the dispatcher asked about the woman, the man hung up.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2020
• The state has had its plans to install drop boxes hung up in the courts for months.
  — Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2020
• The caller had hung up, and when the operator called back the phone was off the hook.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2021
• During one of the calls, the scammer hung up when Leibowitz asked whether the call was a scam.
  — Malak Silmi, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Nov. 2021
• The hide can then be stored flat, hung up on a wall or rolled up into a tube.
  — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 24 Dec. 2020
• But that doesn’t capture the many people who just gave up and hung up.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 24 June 2022
• Larry just hung up and the scammer tried to call him 17 more times.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2021
• The caller hung up the phone without telling dispatch why the call was made.
  — cleveland, 3 Apr. 2020
• When the clinic staff hung up, Smith ran to Park's office.
  — Jason Dearen, Star Tribune, 23 Feb. 2021
• The man on the line assured the woman that her daughter was fine and hung up quickly.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2022
• The first call to 911 that evening, around 1 a.m., was made by Angerstien, who promptly hung up.
  — Robin Goist, cleveland, 19 June 2020
• The victim's son was the one who called 911, but hung up for reasons unknown.
  — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 30 Mar. 2022
• When the reporter pressed him on the topic, Aylward hung up on her.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Fox News, 10 Apr. 2020
• Morikawa planned on wearing red and black but his golf shirt got hung up en route.
  — Steve Dimeglio, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2021
• Waters was unsure if the call had dropped or if Sund hung up.
  — Karoun Demirjian, Star Tribune, 10 Jan. 2021
• The splitter — which should’ve dipped beneath the zone — instead hung up for Drury.
  — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2022
• With bras hung up or stuffed in drawers, some have found a new use for them – DIY face masks.
  — Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 13 May 2020
• Rescuers searched the area for about 3 1/2 hours and located the body of the rafter hung up on a rock in the river, the statement said.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 18 July 2022
• The siblings hung up the phone as Jean walked into his apartment.
  — Nicquel Terry Ellis, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2020
• Khloé Kardashian has again addressed eagle-eyed fans hung up on a fleshy scar strip on her face.
  — Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2023
• The key was bent a little, and one of them hung up in the start position instead of returning to the run position, which is supposed to disengage the starter.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 21 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024