hang
verb (used with object)
to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
unhanged
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a word derived from
hang.
Example Sentences
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But for all that, I hang to a somewhat battered optimism, and one of the chief causes of that optimism is the fact that Huneker, after all these years, yet remains unhanged.
From A Book of Prefaces by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken
And between you and me, sir, I got this up for the benefit of Mr. Copley, who is about the greatest rascal unhanged, and that's saying a good deal.
From Hard Pressed by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
There live not three good men unhanged, in England; and one of them is fat and grows old; a bad world, I say!
From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
To himself, as he reached up to extinguish the light, Greg muttered: "I believe that unhanged scoundrel, Dodge, will see to it that word reaches Gridley!"
From Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
You’re my brother, but you’re the worst scoundrel in the country—the worst unhanged.
From Northern Lights by Gilbert Parker
