Sentence examples for was hung around from inspiring English sources

But my attempts to dismiss it were not entirely successful, and the quote about a Shakespearean tragedy was hung around my neck from then on".

A reproduction of the Klapperstein, the evil gossips' stone, hangs on the southwest facade; the original Klapperstein, now in the historical museum, is a stone weighing more than 25 pounds (12 kg), which was hung around the necks of malicious prattlers on fair days, a practice that persisted until 1781.

The community's hope for change after our bitter loss in California in 2008 was hung around the president's neck, and the language used in the brief made it clear that he wasn't our fierce advocate.

A pedometer (Omron Step Counter, Model HJ-113, Japan) was hung around the waist of the female brick workers to record the number of steps that an individual took, and thus the distance as well as the speed were recorded while the subjects walked with or without a load in the brickfield.

Thick sheets of plastic are hung around hedges.

All of the things he's said are going to be hung around his neck".

He's hung around the blue state business community most of his life.

Six or seven small Rembrandt reproductions were hung around the room.

Afterward, villagers took down white protest banners that had been hung around the square.

He's hung around on the fringes of the organisation, but never made any real money.

Signs reading, "Local 282" were hung around the site as the drivers relaxed on lawn chairs.