Example sentences of "hang on 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 | The words had hung on the air , heavy with innuendo , and an act of simple kindness had been spoiled . |
| 3 | She could have added : ‘ least of all with you ’ and it seemed to her that the words , unspoken , hung on the air between them . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A chilling smell of antiseptic hung on the air . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The smell of freshly-fried falafels hung on the air , reminding Huy that he had not yet breakfasted . |