How to Use hang in the air in a Sentence

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• The words hang in the air, hitting his ears with their strangeness.
  — New York Times, 23 Dec. 2020
• The pattern was as clear as skywriting; the balls seemed to hang in the air.
  — Tom Vanderbilt, Wired, 4 Feb. 2021
• Virus-laden plumes can hang in the air indoors and spread disease.
  — Chris Baraniuk, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Sep. 2022
• Aerosols are tiny droplets that hang in the air and can contain the coronavirus.
  — Jill U. Adams, Scientific American, 2 July 2020
• The pair's words hang in the air, waiting for one of them to deliver a punchline.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2021
• Now, as my hammy words hang in the air, a silence stretches out.
  — WIRED, 2 Sep. 2022
• Yosemite Valley is quieter than usual, and her words hang in the air.
  — Julie Ellison, Outside Online, 26 July 2021
• More:Kam Jones' three-pointers seem to hang in the air forever.
  — Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2023
• Pungent smoke from the smoldering ruins hang in the air.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 28 June 2021
• Gravity causes the big ones to fall to the ground (or an armrest) quickly, but the smaller ones can hang in the air.
  — Jen Osborne, National Geographic, 28 Aug. 2020
• The posting did not mention the coronavirus pandemic, but the subject seemed to hang in the air.
  — Michael Dumas, al, 27 Aug. 2020
• Then, in the twilight, an adult wolf lets out a long, mournful howl that seems to hang in the air for several moments until the rest of the pack joins in.
  — Morgan Heim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
• The virus is thought to be spread primarily by small droplets, called aerosols, that hang in the air and larger droplets that fall to the ground within six feet or so.
  — Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2020
• These droplets can hang in the air and end up infecting other people nearby.
  — NBC News, 23 June 2020
• Letting your question hang in the air for a time gives the person being coached time to process and evaluate the circumstances.
  — Brent McHugh, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
• The firefighters’ readiness and anxiety now hang in the air, as thick as the dead, dry brush clinging to the surrounding hillsides.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2021
• But the pitching coaches are stuck on myriad questions that will hang in the air until real games are played.
  — Adam Elder, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2023
• Scientists have warned for months that the virus could be spread through tiny aerosols that spread farther and hang in the air longer than previously believed.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2020
• Indoors, the virus can hang in the air for some time, increasing potential exposure.
  — CNN, 27 July 2021
• Smart cut that off so Haliburton tried to step back for a 3, got Smart to bite on a shot fake, but Haliburton was off balance and had to hang in the air to avoid getting his shot blocked and heaved it off the back of the iron.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Mar. 2023
• Harrison ran a deep post corner route on the play, sprinting past safety Noah Williams to get open, and then made a pretty over-the-shoulder catch on a ball that seemed to hang in the air forever.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 13 Dec. 2020
• Research showed that the virus could be transmitted through droplets that hang in the air, and several studies found that the virus spread less frequently in places where people were wearing masks.
  — David Leonhardt, Star Tribune, 8 Aug. 2020
• And because the flu virus can't necessarily hang in the air for hours, doctors don't necessarily consider it as airborne.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 22 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024