Example sentences of "hang [adv] in the air " in BNC.
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| 1 | He let the question hang delicately in the air . |
| 2 | Echoes of Shakespearian declamation hang inevitably in the air . |
| 3 | Dr Tyrrell says the real danger of infection from a sneeze is invisible : ‘ It is not the big blobs of mucus that are the problem , it is the smaller , invisible droplets which hang around in the air for several minutes after a sneeze . ’ |
| 4 | In the distance , she could hear the splash of the shower , and the fragrance of coffee hung tantalisingly in the air . |
| 5 | Between them , but about five miles further distant , a tenuous column of bluish smoke , hardly visible against a cloudless sky , hung lazily in the air . |
| 6 | Steam hung heavily in the air , a thousand battling perfumes . |
| 7 | Everywhere an unspoken question seemed to hang heavily in the air : Would we have been better off without Home Rule ? |
| 8 | This is no night for hanging about in the air . ’ |