Hangs Sentence Examples

It hangs from the rooftops like daggers nearly touching the ground.

Many of the gumtrees throw off their bark, so that it hangs in long dry strips from the trunk and branches, a feature familiar in " bush " pictures.

It hangs in my room over a portrait the original of which no one here has seen.

The root is made to press its way into the darker cracks and crannies of the soil, so bringing its root-hairs into better contact with the particles round which the hygroscopic water hangs.

The common form of non-automatic coupler, used in Great Britain for goods wagons, consists of a chain and hook; the chain hangs loosely from a slot in the draw-bar, which terminates in a hook, and coupling is effected by slipping the =chain of one vehicle over the hook of the next.

But the pupa hangs from the surface by means of paired respiratory trumpets on the prothorax, the dorsal thoracic surface, where the cuticle splits to allow the emergence of the fly, being thus directed towards the upper air.

A very similar sheet is spun by a species of Linyphia, one of the Argyopidae, but in this case there is no tube connected with the web and the spider hangs suspended beneath the horizontal netting.

Superiorly the sheath either closely adheres to the muscular bodywall, with which it may even be partly interwoven, or it hangs freely in the connective tissue which fills the space between the intestine and the muscular body-wall.

The disturbing life already appears in Der fliegende Hollander, at the point where Senta's father enters with the Dutchman, and Senta (who is already in an advanced state of Schwarmerei over the legend of the Flying Dutchman) stands rooted to the spot, comparing the living Dutchman with his portrait which hangs over the door.

The hair on the lower jaw, throat and chest is long and straight, and hangs down like a beard or dewlap, though there is no loose fold of skin in this situation.

Its situation, general plan and literary associations suggested a comparison that gave Edinburgh the name of " the modern Athens "; but it has a homelier nickname of " Auld Reekie," from the cloud of smoke (reek) which often hangs over the low-lying quarters.

Whatever doubt hangs over the details of the story, it seems clear that the earl made a promise to support the claims of his host upon the English succession.

Nevertheless veils were not usually worn out of doors, the countrywoman of to-day is not veiled, and it is uncertain whether there is any early parallel for the yashmak, the narrow strip which covers the face below the eyes and hangs down to the feet.

It must suffice, therefore, to record the Pharaoh's simple girdle (with or without a tunic) from which hangs the lion's tail, or the tail-like band suspended from the extremity of his head-dress (above), or the panther or leopard skin worn over the shoulders by the high priest at Memphis, subsequently a ceremonial dress of men of rank.

Let a metal ball be suspended by a silk thread, and the canister lid so fixed to the thread that when the lid is in place the ball hangs in the centre of the canister.

From one of them hangs a legend which relates that they were an offering to a church, which has been identified with much probability as that of Sorbas, a small town in the province of Almeria.

Fish are so abundant on the coast that the cod is sometimes used as an emblem of the state; thus a figure of one hangs in the representatives' chamber at the State House.

It has three entrances on the Plaza, and over its main gateway hangs the " liberty bell " of Mexico, first rung by the humble parish priest Hidalgo, on the night of the 16th of September 1810, to call the people of Dolores to arms, and now rung at midnight on each recurring anniversary by the president himself.

The fascination which hangs around the latter has well-nigh obscured the former.

In the case of bishops, however, the stole always hangs straight down; while priests wear it crossed over the breast when vested in the alb.

In any case a divine origin would naturally be claimed for him as a priest-king, and a divine atmosphere hangs about him.

From the centre of the subumbral surface hangs down the manubrium, like the handle of an umbrella or the clapper of a bell, bearing the mouth at its extremity.

The prosperity of Ahmedabad, says a native proverb, hangs on three threads - silk, gold and cotton; and though its manufactures are on a smaller scale than formerly, they are still moderately flourishing.

There is a considerable import of coal, cotton, iron and breadstuffs, the chief exports being butter, fish, timber and wood pulp. During the period of emigration, owing to political troubles with Russia, over 12,000 Finns sailed from Hangs in a single year (1901), mostly for the United States and Canada.

Hangs now takes front rank as a fashionable watering-place, especially for wealthy Russians, having a dry climate and a fine strand.

When the leaf hangs down it resembles the foot of a bird, and hence the name.

The facade dates from 1278, and the interior of the edifice dates in the main from 1543 In the crypt is the tomb of Andrea Doria by Montorsoli, and above the main altar hangs the dagger presented to the doge by Pope Paul III.

This is a simple breadth of muslin, which passes over the head and hangs down behind, one side, being drawn forward over the face in the presence of a man.

He had their respect, if not their love; he is the hero of a thousand ballads; and his portrait still hangs among the ikons in the cottages of the Greek mountaineers.

Over the anga is sometimes worn an overcoat called a choga; this is made of any material, thick or thin, plain or ornamented; it has one or two fastenings only, loops below the breast whence it hangs loosely to below the knees.

It is worn over the left shoulder and hangs down to the right hip. It is of three strands till the wearer is married, when it becomes six or nine.

In towns the sari is not passed between the legs, but hangs in loose folds so as to hide the trousers.

Again, if a chain pass over a perfectly smooth peg, the catenaries in which it hangs on the two sides, though usually of different parameters, wifi have the same directrix, since by (10) y is the same for both at the peg.

The vertical oscifiations of a weight which hangs from a fixed point by a spiral spring come under this case.

A mass M hangs from a fixed point by a string of length a, and a second mass m hangs from M by a string of length b.

In front of the altar hangs a curious piece of wood-carving by Veit Stoss, representing the Salutation.

And although no single feature of the book is Gre'ek, there hangs round it a moral fragrance only to be called forth by one who had fulfilled the vow of his youth, and learnt to breathe, as purely as on "the double summit of Parnassus," the very essence of the antique.

This original manuscript is now lost, whereby hangs a tale.

But, even granting that a certain obscurity still hangs undispelled over the problem of the old Avesta, with its twenty-one nasks, we may well believe the Parsees themselves, when they affirm that their sacred literature has passed through successive stages of decay, the last of which is represented by the present Avesta.

The pull of the load is transmitted to a hook which hangs freely from the middle of a horizontal bar below the drum casing.

As they revolve these brushes engage the tea in the hopper, draw it out by degrees, and drop it into a compartment of a circular drum which hangs on one end is placed in the weights-pan of the balance, and is the only loose weight used with the machine.

M, The water - pore, leading by the stone - canal stc to the waterring, from which hangs a Polian vesicle pb.

A portrait of Flamsteed, painted by Thomas Gibson in 1712, hangs in the rooms of the Royal Society.

In the main hall hangs a glass casket containing the key to the Bastille which Washington received from Lafayette in 1790.

The spathe protects the flowers in their young state, and often falls off after they are developed, or hangs down From Strasburger's Lehrbuch der Botanik, by permission of Gustav Fischer.

The sporangium is attached to the enlarged distal end of its pedicel, from which it hangs down, so as to suggest an anatropous ovule on its funiculus.

Lady Thatcher is now armigerous; her heraldic banner hangs in St. George's Chapel, Windsor.

Find out what the crazy coots are up to and who hangs out with a mallard.

The specter of civil war still hangs over the nation, and Iraq has become a crucible of militant terrorism.

Our eternal destiny hangs on how we react to him.

Bellingham News ONE of the longest serving teachers in the North Tyne hangs up her blackboard duster today.

There was a right hand bend which formed a beautiful eddy over which hangs a very large bush.

She hangs round the close-head these last days, always with some wretched-like gillies, and yet seems quite a lady.

In Clewer Church hangs the hatchment of the Berry family who had a long and close connection with Clewer Church.

On my right, a monkey hangs atop the dense jungle, peering down with curiosity.

In it hangs the lamp whose measured swing suggested to Galileo the pendulum.

That hangs poorly with the fact that NESTA is meant to be distributing public largesse.

This is a large rotating magnet that hangs above the cans and tins.

What will this mean for us if we are to escape from past sin that hangs around our necks like a great millstone?

Try taking a fly fringe and attaching it to the nose band so it hangs over the horse's nostrils.

Over these houses, over these streets hangs a pall of fear.

It's a handmade quilt that hangs on the wall next to the bed, beside the mirror.

Also in the vestry there hangs a portrait of a former parish schoolmaster.

The acrid stench of the remedy Hangs in the air; the night skies Are lit with it; the animals Burning.

A view of the Gobelin tapestry of ' Joseph and His Brothers ', which hangs on the west wall.

The rood screen is also 14th century and a colorful tapestry hangs on the west wall.

This just titillates the UFO believers and for the rest of us it hangs around like a rancid red herring.

This evening he spent 15 minutes transfixed by the tiger mask that hangs from Jonny's door.

The audience hangs on the president's every one-liner; the slightest deadpan twitch induces guffaws (pretzels not included ).

The site of the tomb is marked by a stone slab, with the inscription Carlo Magno, and above it hangs the famous bronze chandelier presented by the emperor Frederick I.

Directly northwards from Prospect Hill stands the residence of the T`itu, or "governor of the city," and the Bell and the Drum Towers, both of which have attained celebrity from the nature of their contents - the first from the huge bell which hangs in it, and the second from the appliances it contains for marking the time.

The sun is often in German and Lithuanian legends described as the apple that hangs on the tree of the nightly heaven, while the dragon, the envious power, keeps the light back from men till some beneficent power takes it from him.

Sometimes the spirits were summoned to appear as did the phantoms of the Greek heroes to Odysseus; sometimes they were called to enter a crystal (see Crystal-Gazing); sometimes they are merely asked to declare the future or communicate by moving external objects without taking a visible form; thus among the Karens at the close of the burial ceremonies the ghost of the dead man, which is said to hover round till the rites are completed, is believed to make a ring swing round and snap the string from which it hangs.

I felt it, and still remark it almost daily in my walks, for by it hangs the history of a family.

She looked a little above Prince Andrew's head with the confident, accustomed look with which one looks at the place where a familiar portrait hangs.

It 's a handmade quilt that hangs on the wall next to the bed, beside the mirror.

Certainly. [Hangs up, turns to friend] Hey, there 's a couple of right randy bastards coming round now !

There 's a hair 's breadth moment, that hangs, light and airborne, slowing in the dust beneath a white rumpled sheet.

She hangs out in scuzzy lap-dancing clubs whose clientele and workers are equally dehumanized.

Well it 's a flexible shelving system that hangs from a rail.

Because I stoop forward, quite badly at times, nothing ever hangs right.

A view of the Gobelin Tapestry of ' Joseph and His Brothers ', which hangs on the west wall.

This evening he spent 15 minutes transfixed by the tiger mask that hangs from Jonny 's door.

The audience hangs on the president's every one-liner; the slightest deadpan twitch induces guffaws (pretzels not included).

We may now be at a key watershed moment where our fate hangs in the balance.

In most cases, you have to buy a special crib with the canopy attached, but you can achieve a similar look by using netting which hangs suspended from a ring at the ceiling instead.

Dry-aged steak Meat cut from a side of beef that hangs in a cooler for 20-30 days.

This is the amount of fabric that hangs down over the edge of the table.

A cat that hangs around the house recently had three kittens.

They even sell a fleece bed that hangs like a hammock for comfort.

In your shower, instead of collecting shampoo bottles and body wash on the side rim or on the floor, get a rack that hangs over your shower head to store your in-shower toiletries.

For other people, living rooms are the central room of the home, where the family hangs out and kicks back together.

Also, if your walls are in need of more than a few minor touch ups, you may need to have a bit of work done on them so that your border hangs smoothly.

When you visit Monticello, one of the first things that will be pointed out to you is the one-hand clock that hangs on the outside wall of the East entrance portico.

Begin with getting advice from someone who hangs out with them!

Many users have experienced issues where they cannot preview e-mails before sending, or the web browser page "hangs."

Now, you can just face this fact and decide to deal with it gracefully, or you can be that 45-year-old guy who hangs out at the coffee shop wearing his baseball cap backwards and dressing like the 18-year-olds who serve the coffee.

Without seeming too obvious, try to be in places that the group hangs out.

One kind of cornice is a decorative molding that hangs horizontally and is usually placed at the edge of buildings or near the crease where the walls and ceiling meet.

Bed skirts consist of a large sheet of fabric with a decorative trim that hangs over the box spring and around the bottom of the bed frame.

Traditionally, a bed skirt is laid flat over the box spring so that the decorative fabric hangs loosely over the sides.

Big business publication Forbes magazine reports that from any kind of sought-after celebrity photo hangs a price tag containing quite a few zeros.

David Blaine hangs like a bat in New York and then flies off into the night.

The Eric Dane tape is a video that was somehow leaked to the online tabloids, in which actor Eric Dane, his wife and one of their friends hangs around an apartment in the nude, apparently high on drugs.

Snoopy, the ultimate cool dog who always seems a little brighter than the humans he hangs out with.

After filling the jar with soil, a strawberry plant is placed in each little pocket so that it hangs out the side.

In most cases, this means adding a hole and mounting the pick on a chain so it hangs like a pendant.

A whammy bar, or a tremolo, is a bar that hangs off the guitar's bridge that a player can depress or pull up on the change the pitch of the note being played.

The pendant fixture is a suspended fixture that hangs from a cord attached to the ceiling.

A suspended ceiling hangs and hides pipes, ducts, wires, etc., but it also takes away eight inches from the height of the room.

Measure and cut the new laminate so it hangs over the edge of the countertop by an inch.

One of the major choices that needs to be made is whether a necklace is going to be a pendant that hangs from a chain or leather thronging, or whether it is going to be a collar or choker.

Store jewelry and all kinds of accessory odds and ends in this organizer that hangs over the door.

Regardless of your height, make sure that the tie hangs down to the center of your belt buckle, or the button on your waistband.

It's easy to become nostalgic for a decent short that sits at the waist, doesn't flatten the bottom and is an actual short, as opposed to something that hangs to the knees.

The side is shirred, which makes for a flattering silhouette, and the dress is fully lined so it hangs perfectly.

You may not generally like shapewear, but even a modern dress usually hangs better over a supportive bra and smoothing undergarment.

It is wiser to slightly size up than down, but not to the point that the garment hangs loose on the body.

A short tunic top with a V-neck and empire waist, paired with a bottom that hangs loose to the hips, emphasizes your best curves and creates a flattering hourglass shape.

The boxy look rarely makes anyone look great, nor does a cardigan that hangs to the hips, thus drawing more attention to them.

Store clean pantyhose in a mesh bag that hangs in the closet.

The uvula, or the soft, triangular piece of tissue that hangs from the soft palate, may be too long.

An ear, nose and throat specialist (ENT) is likely to complete this procedure by removing the soft tissue that hangs in the back of the throat.

If your hair hangs at least to your earlobes, you're in luck.

The sectioned hair that hangs below the iron's grip should then be wound over the iron (essentially, you will lift it up and bring it over the top of the iron so that it forms a loop over the appliance).

If you have decided to keep your hair long, but don't want it hanging down and bothering you all evening, then a prom hair updo might be a better option for you than a traditional long hair style in which your hair hangs down.

Check out the Blue and Gold Fleet, which docks at Pier 41, or pay a visit to Adventure Cat, a 55-foot catamaran that hangs out near Pier 39.

The Crème Brulee Cart, which hangs out around Dolores Park, serves up the city's best torched desserts for only $4 (as of 2010) for a 3-inch tin!

For little goodies that she picks up on her adventures, a wristlet bag also hangs on the handlebars.

A sexy dress on the hanger may not look so hot on everyone, while a dress that appears plain as it hangs on the rack can transform into a curve-hugging knock-out of a dress.

Since the meat hangs suspended in the center of the oven and turns during cooking, all of the fat falls off and is filtered into a collection cup that can later be emptied.

To look like Jennifer Beals' character from the 1983 hit movie Flashdance, find the biggest sweater you own and cut the top part off so it hangs off one shoulder.

Hang out at the places where he hangs out.

I have this problem, I don't mind if he hangs out with his friends from time to time.

We were starting to get things resolved on the phone when all of a sudden I heard girls screaming his name in the background and he instantly started saying , "whatever" then" bye" and then he hangs up.

Show your respect for the designer whose work hangs gloriously from your shoulder by a supple calfskin strap.

Perfect for those in apartments or with limited closet and storage space, an over the door handbag organizer hangs conveniently on the back of a bedroom or closet door to provide quick and easy access to your bags.

The eighties gave us the slasher film, a genre that still hangs around in one way or another to this day.

As for Phylis Canion who once lived in Africa, the head she found is mounted and stuffed, and it and hangs on the wall beside those of large African animals.

She hangs up the phone to call the police, and they report that a cruiser is on the way, but that they traced the call and it's coming from inside the house.

While the definition of the word "bangle" is "a stiff usually ornamental bracelet or anklet slipped or clasped on" or "an ornamental disk that hangs loosely (as on a bracelet)".

This means that the watch charm is attached to the bracelet and hangs like the other charms.

This watch then hangs with the face upside down and this makes it easy for a nurse to read it.

But the sounds of sabers certainly is a cloud that hangs over the sunny economic horizon.

It hangs from the passenger headrest, and a quick swing-around makes room for a front seat guest.

Hold the tambourine so that the curling ribbon hangs down.

Lean forward slightly (straight back) and grab a dumbbell so it hangs straight down just above the floor.

If you have great legs, a short silk chemise is cut on the bias so it hangs beautifully.

My husband then wrote a poem about her and a friend collaborated with him in creating a painting using images derived from the poem (the painting hangs in my store).

While it's true that you'll want to purchase a spa robe that is roomy and comfortable, you also don't want to get something that unattractively hangs off of you and dwarfs your shape.

If the tassel is a standalone favor, the string should be longer so it hangs on the edge of a shelf, dangles from a rearview mirror, or attaches to a key ring.

In the first three movies (Chapters four-six), the pair are often parted, as Luke needs Artoo to help him maintain his fighter when he goes to Dagobah, and Threepio hangs with Han and Leia as they run the Rebel Alliance in Luke's absence.

The instrument can be played as it hangs in the air or you can lay it down, as most musicians do because it is easier to play.

To signify the Boy Scout slogan, "Do a Good Turn Daily" a knot hangs from the scroll.

The owners are dedicated to supporting local artists, as original artwork hangs on the restaurant's walls.

Something ominous hangs in the winter air, a darkness and trepidation that well matches my mood.

It hangs there, waiting for me to step upon this velvet chair where I sit, tie its far descending end to my neck, and step from this world, freeing it from the guilt and troubles Annie Quincy has caused.

Then you ditched your new honey and she's stupid enough to think that's a big loss and goes and hangs herself.

The body, representing the hydranth of an ordinary hydroid, has the aboral portion modified into a float, from which hangs down a proboscis bearing the mouth.

The movable circuit CC thus hangs by two ligaments which are formed of very fine copper wires.

In this method a third drum is used to receive a heavy flat link chain, shorter than the main drawing-ropes, the end of which hangs down a special or balance pit.

A marble bust of him stands in the public library and his portrait hangs in the Marischal College.

A medallion of Homer hangs on the wall of my study, conveniently low, so that I can easily reach it and touch the beautiful, sad face with loving reverence.