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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 victim's son was the one who called 911, but hung up for reasons unknown.
  — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 30 Mar. 2022
• 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
• 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 passenger abruptly hung up and was hit with a no-show fee.
  — Washington Post, 7 May 2021
• Billa hung up and called someone else back, and got the same response.
  — ProPublica, 30 July 2021
• Fast forward 30 years, and Rodgers had largely hung up his skates.
  — New York Times, 21 June 2022
• Skubal gave up a leadoff home run to Mike Tauchman on a 2-2 slider that hung up in the strike zone.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2021
• As soon as the transaction was complete, the caller hung up.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2022
• And while the clothes are fabulous, the Internet was more hung up on the way the singer pronounces her name.
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 10 Mar. 2021
• Field dressing and skinning occurred with the bull hung up back at home.
  — Tom Carpenter, Outdoor Life, 2 Mar. 2021
• The officer tried to contact the man, who hung up after hearing what the call was about.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 1 Nov. 2022
• The caller, who sounded drunk, hung up on the dispatcher.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 30 June 2021
• 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: 29 Sep 2024