The word "hangs" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it as a verb when you are referring to objects that are suspended from a higher point. For example, "The wind chime hangs from the porch roof."
But the referendum on the UK's EU membership hangs over environmental policy like the clouds of illegal pollution hanging over the UK's towns and cities (for which the Tory manifesto has no plan at all).
The future of Barack Obama's signature healthcare reforms hangs in the balance after facing a rigorous challenge from conservative justices on the supreme court.
The show hangs on its carefully chosen and often filigreed dialogue, and it is that which leads you into the dark corners.
In the Favela do Moinho, the last favela standing in central São Paulo, the water supply of around 2,500 residents hangs on a single, impossibly slender blue PVC pipe that runs beneath the dirt on the nameless main drag.
The immediate future of Prior hangs by a thread.
However, the biggest question hangs over what should become of the hallowed gem of the library, regarded by many as one of the most important interiors of the 20th century – which the school has vowed to rebuild exactly as it was.
While further investigation may slow down the process, the possibility of a trial, with Cashman as a witness, hangs over him.
"The Met Federation feels that, at the very least, a question mark now hangs over the professionalism of some IPCC personnel," the statement said.
Two of Great Britain's most exciting sailing pairs will go for gold – as long as the wind blows – on Friday and try to ensure their nation hangs on to its reputation as the sport's strongest force.
If an air of disappointment hangs around him then that too is somehow intrinsic to the vision of the world summed up by his image.
A question mark now hangs over next year's event, with some Leeds councillors determined that it will not go ahead.
