Example sentences of "hang [adv] [prep] the [adj] air " in BNC.
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| 1 | But verily , for that lawless coronation that she made , she shall be most firmly enclosed in a dwelling of stone and iron , made like a crown , and at Berwick be hung up in the open air , that she may be given , in life and after death , for a gazing-stock and an everlasting scorn to those who pass by . ’ |
| 2 | The osiers were almost hidden by plaited straw and by interlacing branches of yew and laurel ; coloured streamers attached to the rim hung limply on the still air and within the Wheel , in a bower of straw and foliage , was a life-size figure wearing a grotesque mask and enveloped in a black cloak . |
| 3 | Simple , uncompromising , the cloth hung limply in the frosty air . |
| 4 | The question hung there in the cool air of the mountainside , the whole world seemingly silent and listening . |
| 5 | As she headed for the path that crossed the garden to the pool and then on to the pine forest and olive grove , she heard one solitary , impassioned call that hung hauntingly in the hot air . |