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hanging

A form of capital punishment where a person is held in the air by a rope around his/her neck until they are dead. There was a hanging in Carson City.

hanging

To kill by hanging. Nebraska is hanging him next week.

hanging

decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window the cold castle walls were covered with hangings a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely) there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait

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Simple sentences

The lamp is hanging from the ceiling.
Sami was hanging out with people that weren't good for him.
I regret wasting my time hanging around in pubs.
You don't have to leave me hanging like this. Why don't you just come out and tell it to me straight?
There was a lamp hanging above the table.
A crystal chandelier was hanging over the table.
Dark clouds are hanging low.
To my mind, the worst part of air travel is the hanging around in airport lounges.
Some people were hanging around at the entrance.
There were curtains hanging over the window.
He committed suicide by hanging himself.
The picture is hanging on the wall.
I move that hanging be abolished.
The hotel provided a wire in the bathroom for hanging wet clothes.
His life is hanging by a thread.
Tom was killed by the husband of the woman he had been hanging out with.
There was a beautiful chandelier hanging from the ceiling.
A portrait of an old man was hanging on the wall.
Tom committed suicide by hanging himself.
You'd be amazed how often I've seen Tom and Mary hanging out together.
Tom was the one who gave me the painting that's hanging above my fireplace.
A second mirror is hanging next to the door.
Tom is hanging a picture on the wall.

Movie subtitles

Guts hanging out and everything.
If that's so I shouldn't be just hanging here.
You ever think about maybe hanging a little art in here or something, anything?
We're just hanging!
Why am I hanging out with a bunch of 25-year-olds?
Well, while you've been hanging out with cadavers, I've been tracing Mrs Smiths.
For us, that is. that a suspicious looking man, with a criminal record, was seen hanging around the place.
Before we get to any hanging, I shall have quite a lot to say.
There's a couple of shady characters hanging around that I'm going to keep an eye on.
Well, they promised me a hanging bee if I don't get out on the Peensie Bell.
When a man begins to do a lot oftalking about hanging, he'd better be pretty certain as to who's gonna decorate the end ofthat rope.
I don't care how many fancy skirts you've got hanging on to you.
You're hanging around with me, see?
Listen, my boy, no use you hanging around here.
He's hanging himself!
Well, I've been promised a hanging bee if I don't get out on the Peensie Bell.
Listen, no use you hanging around here.
I always say that nothing should be left hanging over.
My existence is hanging by a thread.
You'll find a couple more pheasants hanging up in the back shed.
You've been hanging around Johnny Lovo.
Hanging out in a flower shop.
Hanging it shall be.
Hanging's too good for you.
Did you know he's been hanging around Julia?
So this is where you've been hanging out.
I'd smash Mac so's he'd never come hanging around my wife again!
Hanging on for what they can get out of you.
I'm sick of hanging around with such a dopey dame.
I could go to England with you and all that, but.. I always say that nothing should be left hanging over.
Yeah, I got an old one hanging in my room.
Well, anyhow, I found you and I'm hanging on to you.
Well, I'm hanging around Elk's Crossing for a little while in case you change your mind and get smart.

News and current affairs

Countries tend to pick the low-hanging fruit as they benefit from imported technologies in the early stages of economic take-off, and growth rates generally slow as economies reach higher levels of development.
This, one hopes, is the silver lining in the cloud now hanging over the World Bank.
But does he deserve everything now hanging over his head?
The good news is that, from an economic perspective, there is still plenty of low-hanging fruit for restoring growth.
They can earn more hanging around with a gun in their hands than by working in construction or trade.
Again, Bush left him hanging.
With the weak dollar hanging like the sword of Damocles over the global economy, almost everyone laments America's spendthrift habits.
But if any US president can overcome that historical shadow hanging over the UN, Obama can.
But this is low-hanging fruit that societies cannot afford to pick.
Low-hanging fruit - Consumption.
Low-hanging fruit - Services.
The fight is on between the two French titans-Trichet and Sarkozy-with the fate of Europe's central bank hanging in the balance.
Their agenda is a no nonsense hanging of the corrupt, a restoration through state subsidies of industrial (for large numbers of people) jobs, paying equal wages to everybody, and stopping crime by clamping down hard on the streets.
There will be climbers hanging banners high in the Himalayas, where the glaciers are melting, and scuba divers at Australia's Great Barrier Reef, which is threatened by climate change.
It simply reflects the recessionary (or deflationary) force of weak global demand hanging over the world economy.
Moreover, the armed forces have become a shadow of their former self, and still have human rights legacies hanging over them from the country's bitter civil war.
We believe that the European Parliament should commemorate her sacrifice by hanging a poster of her image on the external wall of the Parliament's premises in Brussels, beside the poster of Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Burma's democratic opposition.
By contrast, the rich grandees of the Conservative Party claimed reimbursement for such things as repairs to swimming pool boilers, moat cleaning, and hanging chandeliers.
Is there a threat of a new Arab-Israeli war hanging over the Middle East?
Upgrading the service sector is low-hanging fruit for Asia, because tremendous investments are not required.
And America is still napping, worrying about its weight, and hanging out at the mall.
When you are hanging over an abyss, as the global financial system has been in the past few weeks, then gaining solid ground, even if only temporarily, makes a big difference.
It is reported that one Tokyo department store marked the time of year for shoppers by hanging a huge crucified Father Christmas in its entrance hall.

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