How to Use hang back in a Sentence
hang back
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If friends seem to need your support near the 30th, don’t hang back.
—Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 16 Apr. 2023
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Mom quickly catches up in just a few strides as the cub hangs back to wait for her.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Cheptegei hung back and then, at the right moment, turned on the burners.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 2 Aug. 2024
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The jury, many of whom hung back for a meet-and-greet with the actor, went with Spacey’s version.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
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Or about the soldier who hung back, too scared to go to the front, and then was killed when a missile struck their base.
—Whitney Leaming, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
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Pick up a few of the travel prints and turn them into a series to frame and hang back home.
—Lane Nieset, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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There, too, U.S. officials have made a point to hang back.
—Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 26 Feb. 2021
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Some lawmakers in the U.S. aren't counting on the Chinese to hang back.
—Eric Fayeulle, ABC News, 3 Feb. 2022
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Still you must be tempted to stay home on Saturdays or at least hang back in the kitchen?
—Courtney Shea, refinery29.com, 1 Sep. 2021
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In a shock ending, Lopez asks one member to hang back — not Affleck.
—Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
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But the wariest mature bucks often hang back in the woods even farther.
—Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 17 Sep. 2020
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Chiu hangs back with his 7-month-old Husky, Serene, who trotted alongside him during the ride..
—Stephen Krcmar, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
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When a new door opens, the mom’s reaction is usually to hang back.
—Vicky Hallett, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
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Devine kept Bunny on a leash, hanging back a safe distance.
—Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Police ask Brown for his identification and ask him to hang back and not go to the car, the bodycam footage shows.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2024
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As some of the protesters file out, a couple of them, including Watkins, hang back.
—Rachel Monroe, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
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The little girl simply did not want to head out the door to summer camp, finding any and all excuses to hang back.
—Maureen Salamon, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
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Success is about understanding when to move forward, when to hang back and when to dodge.
—Joseph Ferriolo, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
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Victor hangs back at Oz’s place while Oz and Sofia go down to the docks to have a look at Alberto’s big mystery shipment.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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Despite his love of the spotlight, the high priest opted to hang back, a calculated effort to play it cool.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
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Some have also chosen to hang back because of Covid concerns.
—NBC News, 9 Sep. 2021
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At the same time, Amad, on the far side of the pitch, runs back to ensure United are not outnumbered, with Harry Maguire already hanging back.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
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Cole was expected to hang back in Tampa with the Yankees in Minnesota this week.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 May 2024
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The courts have been hanging back, awaiting the results of Tuesday’s balloting.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 31 Mar. 2025
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Finke again tried his signature move — hanging back before blitzing past the leaders in a mad dash to the final wall.
—Rick Maese, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
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Well, not all of them, because in a devastating move, Paige chose to hang back in the States rather than return to Russia with her parents.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 3 May 2024
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The Broadway and opera displays put their custom-shod feet forward; the film, television, theme park and dance portions hang back.
—New York Times, 12 Aug. 2021
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Mezrich’s book agent hung back, while his film agent worked to attach potential stars and took the PDF out to studios and streamers to create a bidding war.
—Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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After they were kicked out, Ruffin hung back and watched as the three women argued with each other outside the store, Kenny said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024
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For many global companies and banks, hanging back will be the easiest and safest course of action.
—Eric Lorber, Foreign Affairs, 15 July 2015
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