How to Use hang around in a Sentence

hang around

verb

• Both numbers are elite and hang around the top of the league.
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 13 Dec. 2022
• Cloudy skies hang around, with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s.
  — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
• In this case, though, Penn State didn’t just hang around.
  — Ralph D. Russo, ajc, 29 Oct. 2022
• And in the few places that do allow hunting, the pigs know not to hang around.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2022
• As for the rest of the week, the mild temperatures will hang around.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2022
• The clouds will be slow to clear late in the day and chilly conditions will hang around.
  — Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2023
• The ball hung around the rim for what seemed like an eternity.
  — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
• The year may be new, but the old ESG debate is still hanging around.
  — Margret Trilli, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024
• It can be hung around the neck or clipped onto waistbands to blow cool air up the shirt.
  — Matthew Parker, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2023
• But as the dog days of summer linger, Covid is hanging around too.
  — WIRED, 3 Aug. 2023
• Plenty of clouds hang around, but very few showers reach the ground.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
• Serve over ice and fresh fruit in those punch glasses that have been hanging around since the '60s.
  — Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2024
• Couple of gold chains hanging around his neck, and a blonde on his arm.
  — Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
• The Red Storm never trailed again but allowed the Friars to hang around.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
• A lot of managers don’t get the chance to hang around for the turnaround after a rebuild.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2023
• Some hang around your neck or clip onto your waist, and the price ranges from about $10 to $50 on Amazon.
  — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2024
• Foster yells at the rookies hanging around the crime scene.
  — Vulture, 31 Aug. 2023
• As winter comes to a close, the sun is starting to hang around in the sky for a bit longer with each passing day.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2024
• The keys to his apartment—on the ground floor, luckily, a city bus ride away—hung around her neck.
  — Jennifer Egan, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• Serbia is hanging around despite a big run from the U.S. to start the third quarter.
  — NBC News, 29 July 2024
• This is the ability to hang around over the battlefield.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 Oct. 2020
• Some are in uniform, while others have school IDs hung around their necks.
  — Aina Marzia, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2023
• The Longhorns are just way too talented and deep for CSU to hang around past the second quarter.
  — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2024
• Artwork by mother, daughter and friends hang around the house.
  — Hannah Frances Johansson, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024
• These were planks of wood with the initials W.N. on them that would be hung around the necks of students caught speaking the language in school.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 29 July 2023
• So after a while hanging around the same city and being in the same scene — success doesn’t seem so sweet.
  — Jim Greer, SPIN, 4 Aug. 2024
• Jupiter will hang around the evening skies until mid-April but will have a visitor on Feb. 14.
  — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 6 Feb. 2024
• So, people were hanging around me, and Kevin and Derrick were my friends.
  — Mathias Döpfner, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024
• This collapsible chair is perfect for the beach, the campsite, and even just hanging around in your backyard.
  — Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2024
• New Orleans is hanging around thanks to its defense, which has held the Chiefs to only one touchdown in five red zone trips.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Dec 2024