hang over
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, over.
Example Sentences
- "A shadow of doubt hung over my academic future."
- "Now, cramped and outclassed as Euston has become, rebuilding hangs over it with an awful inevitability."
- "There was, though, on that April day, a cloud hanging over what should have been an entirely optimistic story. London was deep in the first lockdown and the stations were all but empty."
- "Peter, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, of Imber, dressed all in black as usual, sits at the head of the table. A crumpled and well-used orange vest hangs over the back of his chair."