How to Use hang-up in a Sentence

hang-up

1 of 2 noun

• What kind of a hang-up is this?
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
• Still, the hang-up throws a wrench into the rhythms of the whole day.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
• Our attitudes, our hang-ups, our fears.
  — Colin Fleming, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
• From day one, it’s been on the precipice of throwing it all in, and that’s just my own weird hang-up.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Variety, 14 June 2024
• There were also hang-ups at the county level over the sale’s details.
  — Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
• However, her panicked words are met with muffled sounds and a quick hang-up.
  — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
• Some solar projects are stalled because of permitting hang-ups.
  — Ayurella Horn-Muller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
• But key hang-ups in the talks appear to be spending levels and work requirements.
  — Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 26 May 2023
• Do not let fear or past hang-ups stand between you and an amazing person who is an ideal partner for you.
  — Lisa Stardust, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
• Some people rib him with a ‘Wow, good for you’ or emotion-dump about their own social media hang-ups.
  — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
• No hang-ups or glitches on Insta embeds.
  — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
• There is certainly intrigue, but the hang-ups over her own ability to engage in love slows things down.
  — David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
• The latter issue was a major hang-up that required last-minute amendments to the measure.
  — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
• The hang-ups and prejudices of older generations are not theirs.
  — Kate T. Parker, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024
• The biggest hang-up for those teams reportedly concerns the increase in fuel flow rate.
  — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 11 June 2026
• There were some minor quibbles in our logbook about dull steering feel, but the biggest hang-up with this Niro was its price.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 28 June 2023
• Repole said the playing facility is the only hang-up.
  — Cliff Brunt, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
• But some hang-ups are common across the board, said Local 2 spokesperson Ted Waechter.
  — Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2024
• All have their questions, and in some cases, the concerns and hang-ups outweigh the potential attraction.
  — Max Bultman, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
• The only hang-up Levy experienced was the issue of how to address William.
  — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
• Much of the hang-up in the Senate centers on the filibuster rule, which would require 60 votes to bypass.
  — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Mar. 2026
• Big beauty business moguls get skin hang-ups and sensitivities too, and have to work at their skin just like the rest of us to enjoy that celebrity glow.
  — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
• But downtown doesn’t have the same legislative hang-ups, which meant Ikea could open here without going through a gantlet of approvals.
  — Trisha Thadani, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
• Democrats, in charge of both chambers, had largely aligned on spending and policy priorities — aside from the few hang-ups on the budget.
  — Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2023
• McCant said the handling of G-file records has been one of the biggest hang-ups in the implementation process.
  — Skye Seipp, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Dec. 2024
• But a key hang-up in Springfield negotiations has been whether to do away with the tax buying process altogether.
  — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
• Fielder, playing a character but still very much himself, really wants to be a pilot, only to be held back by personal hang-ups.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
• Bregman's lack of interest in a short-term contract could be the main hang-up in negotiations with the Red Sox.
  — Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
• Simon is often his own worst enemy, letting his self-absorption and professional hang-ups derail him.
  — Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
• Which remains the hang-up for the former national power in upstate South Carolina.
  — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

hang up

2 of 2 verb

• Then, someone picked up and hung up the phone.
  — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
• When Bethany starts up again, your wife should hang up the phone.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024
• Feel free to hang up your wet clothes or stow your equipment here.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2023
• Just hang up, delete the email, delete the text message and move on.
  — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2021
• Sakeena asked after Ramzan hung up.
  — Literary Hub, 4 May 2026
• His portrait was hung up on the city’s honor board.
  — Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
• The first homemade piece to be hung up was a bit of a prophecy.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023
• The sort of things my mother would not have wanted to hang up in the house.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2022
• If someone calls claiming to be from your bank and asks for one, hang up.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
• Don’t rush to hang up big box store pieces solely to cover those bare walls.
  — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 3 June 2026
• The line rings twelve times, drops to voicemail, and the patient hangs up.
  — Deepika Bodapati, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
• The woman called the man a racial slur, then asked police to hang up on him.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2023
• If you are told to press a button to be removed from the call list, hang up.
  — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 23 July 2022
• The guests, on going to bed, will, of course, hang up their stockings.
  — Nancy Mitford, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2023
• The bill has been hung up in the Illinois House.
  — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
• Remove clutter near the door and make room for guests to kick off shoes and hang up coats.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Nov. 2021
• Iyo battled back, and hung up Liv on the second rope.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
• How Vrabel hung up and then made two calls himself.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
• Newcomers can get hung up on where to go, what to wear and how to act in these places.
  — Margaret Cirino, NPR, 16 May 2025
• Many believed Foreman would hang up the gloves at that point.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
• Tiny Chef hangs up the phone and tries to resume dusting a plant.
  — Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 27 June 2025
• There, customers can hang up old photos of the pub and Brady.
  — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2025
• Time to hang up the aviators and put the false teeth back in storage.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2020
• Tate had hung up a poster commissioned from a local artist.
  — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
• Taylor Swift isn’t quite ready to hang up her cowboy hat just yet.
  — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2026
• Big Tex is hanging up his hat and saying his last howdy for the year.
  — Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
• Then crying would turn to coughing, and Ruiz would have to hang up.
  — Brittany Shammas, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Oct. 2021
• If a call feels urgent, threatening or too good to be true, hang up.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
• And don’t get hung up on asking the perfect question.
  — Christopher Kaufman, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• Once your call enters the queue for a human, hanging up does not erase it.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026