hang upon
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To regard with passionate affection.
verb
To depend upon.
Example Sentences
- "Beshrew the eyes that hung upon his form on that day with a passionate, greedy, all-absorbing love!"
- "They hung upon his every word."
- ""It is quite five years since my eyes last hung upon your honorable face.""
- "and it was therefore decided merely to take precautions against a raid, fortify certain points on the roads, and bring out a host of irregulars to hang upon the rear and flanks of the enemy"
- "Everything hangs upon whether the boss agrees."
- "Has it struck you that another life may hang upon your answer? As a rule men are loth to send their fathers to death"