Example sentences of "[noun sg] hang [adv] the air " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the late afternoon , with the red sun setting and the dust from the caravans crossing the plain hanging on the air , the whole edifice looked like a monolith rising out of the depths of a brooding red sea . |
| 2 | Tristan was not in the sitting room but a haze of smoke hung on the air and a reek like a garden bonfire prickled in my nostrils . |
| 3 | Yet a soporific stillness hung about the air , as though the dusty dry land was still enjoying a siesta . |
| 4 | The same smell of stale tobacco hung on the air that she recalled from her only meeting with Tatyana Nowak the day before her suicide . |
| 5 | Silence hung on the air , and when he turned back he saw that Suragai was still watching as if he did not understand what had occurred . |