Sentence examples for had hung onto from inspiring English sources

For nearly half a century Dr. Harvey had hung onto this grisly souvenir.

Ever since he convinced them to fly the cast of his self-produced late night nationally syndicated TV show to Vegas he had hung onto the VIP ticket bookers email address and in addition to sending her the occasional bouquet of roses, would also send in the occasional request for tickets.

For sometime, my husband and I had hung onto a lot of our baby stuff -- the crib both my boys slept in, the glider I rocked my baby in, strollers that got their fair share of wear and tear and some other items.

Since 2008, Ms. Berg said, many homeowners have hung onto their properties.

In less challenging times, Ms. Kakouris might have hung onto the shoes.

But with no clear president to replace him, Mr. Salad has hung onto the job.

He approaches justice as a professed Robin Hood, even while grousing that Robin Hood should have hung onto his profits.

LOCAL COLOR Born in Manhattan to a New York City police officer, Mr. King has hung onto his gruff city accent.

Sony has hung onto the wreckage of Columbia Pictures but has been forced to write off most of its investment.

Louis died broke; Tyson is working on it; Ali has hung onto a mere fraction of the profits he generated.

A president who truly wanted to wage war on business would have hung onto GM, not rushed to return it to the private sector.