Sentence examples for they hung upon from inspiring English sources

They hung upon those passages, somewhat overshadowed, where he argued his faith.

A Nod to Wireless When executives from the French conglomerate Vivendi announced this week that they were purchasing Seagram and its Universal Studios, they hung their prospects upon the economic viability of the coming generation of wireless hand-held devices that many in Hollywood believe will be the entertainment industry's next big thing.

They were told to remember the number of the hook upon which they hung their clothes.

"Why do you think they hung him so high?" asks Mattie upon finding a corpse spectacularly suspended from a tree, to which Rooster replies: "Presumably in the mistaken belief that it would make him more dead".

Much of the guilt was hung upon Johannes Stark and Philipp Lenard and their crazy "Aryan Physics" movement.

Both dressed themselves in full Japanese costume and drank a farewell draught of saki from cups presented by the late Emperor, whose draped portrait hung upon the wall.

The bells on the ankles of dancers echoed sweetly, and fountains tinkled, and the soft music of the genius Tansen hung upon the breeze.

It consisted of captured arms and standards hung upon a tree or stake in the semblance of a man and was inscribed with details of the battle along with a dedication to a god or gods.

As for Andy, he's really the diametric opposite of Chauncey Gardiner, the dimwitted Peter Sellers character in Being There, whose platitudes about gardening and the weather are hung upon by those seeking insights into the economy.

The following year, his son Michael calls to complain about Nancy, "& when I tried to straighten him out he screamed at me about having been adopted & hung upon me".

Yasir Husain's Overview Effect Karachi was barbed wire, wrapped in LED lights and hung upon the facade of Frere Hall – a gesture to the private enclosure of the city's properties with razor wire.