How to Use hanger-on in a Sentence

hanger-on

noun

• Part of the answer has to do with Trump’s craven enablers and hangers-on.
  — Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2021
• And along with the song, the Roy dynasty and its hangers-on keeps bouncing around my skull.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
• There's not been anybody — no girls or hangers-on — backstage at my shows since then.
  — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
• Every single character in the show — as well as the cast of hangers-on — was filthy, stinking rich.
  — Vulture, 30 May 2023
• Of course, the no-account crew that hangs around him — hangers-on is a better way to describe them — can get in the way of even his best intentions.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023
• Many hangers-on were so hip that the famous artists imitated them, not the other way around.
  — Ian Penman, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
• There was no party in the studio — no flowing libations, no room full of hangers-on.
  — Danielle Amir Jackson Malike Sidibe, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• Their wealth involves a whole galaxy of servants and hangers-on who might feel threatened by a big change in their patron’s status quo.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
• Bouncing back In short, the good economic news is real, whatever Trump and his hangers-on may say.
  — Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
• To point to the existence of a few fanatic hangers-on is hardly to indict a movement or its methods.
  — Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
• Mulligan plays Pamela, a quirky hanger-on of the Catton family.
  — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• Carey Mulligan plays a family friend, or is that hanger-on?
  — Lisa Kennedy, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
• So her role at Binance is certainly that of a trusted advisor and behind-the-scenes boss, not as a courtesan hanger-on.
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 29 June 2023
• Hamlet’s toadying friends, the hangers-on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, are Izzard’s own talking hands, popping up to face her like a pair of Muppets.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2024
• Stars can bring one to two guests on the studio dime and a personal publicist, but that number is fungible, and the bigger the actor, the larger the retinue of handlers and hangers-on.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
• The pop artist rose to fame by making striking screenprints from others’ photographs, assisted by young artists and hangers-on in a space aptly called the Factory.
  — Byirina Ivanova, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2024
• Beasley offered one last bit of advice for young players entering the league with the demands of their team, family, and potential hangers-on waiting.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
• Gloria Johnson was a hanger-on during the protest, awkwardly standing beside Jones and Pearson and not wielding the bullhorn herself.
  — The Editors, National Review, 10 Apr. 2023
• In spite of attention from glossies such as Esquire, the area was never overrun by hangers-on—there was always a community but never really a scene.
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• Let the succession battle begin, as the brothers, and various family hangers-on, duke it out for daddy's approval.
  — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 25 May 2023
• Travers imagined that George would face pressure from management and hangers-on to change as an artist for Vegas, increasing his trepidation and resentment.
  — Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2023
• Despite the revelation of the real Black Mesa corporation, some hangers-on haven't quite given up hope that this is all still just an extremely subtle bit of stealth marketing.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2024
• In attendance are various well-wishers and hangers-on who notably and understandably do not include the three Roy kids recently frozen out of the Waystar decision-making by the guest of honor.
  — Erik Adams, Chron, 22 Mar. 2023
• At the debate, the familiar trappings were present — red, white and blue bunting, lights, cameras, hordes of press, hangers-on and opposition spokespeople, including Gov. Gavin Newsom — but the tension of a nomination up for grabs was notably absent.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• The entire sports industrial complex had descended on the city — executives, athletes, agencies, every form of hanger-on.
  — Ben Strauss, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
• With his niche celebrity burgeoning within the tech scene, Lee was never short of business suitors, hangers-on seeking success by association, and new acquaintances eager to exchange phone numbers and LinkedIn connections.
  — Albert Samaha, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2023
• Backstage hangers-on lusting after her billionaire husband?
  — Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
• Every other year, artists, collectors, curators and assorted hangers-on from all over fly into the Italian city to see what is widely considered to be the planet's most prestigious exhibition of contemporary art.
  — The Week Uk, theweek, 2 May 2024
• Even the ensemble’s array of desperate journalists, paparazzi and showbiz hangers-on avoids being irritating.
  — Zachary Pincus-Roth, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Feb 2025