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How to use overhang in a sentence

27 example sentences · verb, noun

Overhang means to hang over (something). Example: “These weights are used as a balance for the overhanging verandah.”

Examples of overhang by meaning

verbTo hang over (something).

  • At that time, the upper part of the tower overhanged its base by about fourteen feet.2012, Edwin Labre, Solly Border, Freedom...At Last!, page 37

nounAnything that overhangs or protrudes over its base, such as a wave immediately before breaking, or a protruding cliff...

  • These are firstly for products which need a cool room; secondly for products which can be stored on a standard pallet without overhang; and thirdly for products known as "the uglies" which always overhang a standard pallet.1983, Australian Transport, page 16

More sentences with overhang

  • These weights are used as a balance for the overhanging verandah.From the entry balance
  • The thick branches overhanging the path made progress difficult.From the entry progress
  • Researchers talk about the 'capability overhang,' or hidden skills and dangers, of artificial intelligence.2022 December 8, James Vincent, “ChatGPT proves AI is finally mainstream — and things are only going to get weirder”, in The Verge…. From the entry capability overhang
  • The leaves of an overhanging banyan tree cast restful shadows across the blanket.2010, Lauren Willig, The Betrayal of the Blood Lily. From the entry whiffling
  • When I glanced footward, the pack's waist belt was out of sight, overhung with belly.2009, Clive Scott Chisholm, Following the Wrong God Home: Footloose in an American Dream. From the entry footward
  • Caught there on a candlesticked overhang of ice, Quaid turned to peer down at his buddy.1991, Renee Roszel, Valentine's Knight, page 192. From the entry candlestick
  • Then the trade goes over and they stock comes back now that the overhang is eliminated.1971 April 1, Robert Metz, “Market Place: Broker Scores Negotiated Fees”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry poppa bear
  • After making his last bar secure he shifted the overhanging coal, keeping himself and others safe.1952, Coal; the NCB Magazine - Volume 6, page 30. From the entry downface
  • Then Tarzan dropped lightly from an overhanging branch into their midst.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 188. From the entry materialized
  • Overhanging her precarious body was a jaundiced face whose skin resembled a sheet of parchment paper punctured by two emotionless eyes.2001, Dan Brown, Deception Point, →ISBN, page 72. From the entry jaundiced
  • This sent the tree's growth rushing violently to her head in a lush overhanging which umbrellaed the House of All Sorts.1944, Emily Carr, “Life Loves Living”, in The House of All Sorts. From the entry umbrella
  • With a huge overhanging national indebtedness brought on by the Roosevelt squanderation policies, it will end in economic chaos.1939, United States Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the Congress - Volume 84 - Part 12, U.S. Government…. From the entry squanderation
  • They had put in under the dappled shade of an overhanging willow a little down the left bank of the Isis.1935, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night. From the entry isis
  • As half in the deep window embrazure, Lennon paused to watch her, the overhanging cliff ledges reverberated with an impatient call.1920, Robert Ames Bennet, Bloom of Cactus. From the entry embrazure
  • But the company has to deal with "capability overhang": the issue that its own systems are more powerful than it knows at release.2023 March 29, Alex Hern, “Elon Musk joins call for pause in creation of giant AI 'digital minds'”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The…. From the entry capability overhang
  • The round window niche was exposed through a posterior tympanotomy and mainly the anterior bony overhang of the round window niche was removed.2015 February 13, Jing Zou et al., “Imaging cochlear implantation with round window insertion in human temporal bones and cochlear…. From the entry tympanotomy
  • This essentially implies that a wide overhang and waterproof foundations are needed, and the material itself is treated by compaction, alloying or armaturing.1996, Mrinalini Devi Sharma, Energy Conscious Earth Architecture for Sustainable Development. From the entry armature
  • The brow is without the frontal overhang found in adult pithecanthropoids, but though there is no supra-orbital ridge, there is marked post-orbital constriction.1974, Leonard Cottrell, The Concise encyclopedia of archaeology, page 264. From the entry pithecanthropoid
  • Under the overhanging shop of silks, each day a bargeful of boys and girls passed up the Thames, and what was their picnic?1945, Marguerite Young, Angel in the Forest, page 86. From the entry bargeful
  • Uncontrolled self-set tree growth allowed by BR after the end of steam has created today's overhanging tree canopy, with the resulting adhesion problems to which RAIB attributes this collision.2021 November 17, “Network News”, in RAIL, number 944, page 9, photo caption. From the entry self-set
  • She had distinctive facial features with upslanting palpebral fissures, a long tubular nose with a prominent nasal bridge and tip, an overhanging columella, and a short philtrum.2015 July 29, George A. Tanteles et al., “Mild Phenotype in a Patient with a De Novo 6.3 Mb Distal Deletion at 10q26.2q26.3”, in Case…. From the entry upslanting
  • Erethizon characteristically takes shelter in rock piles, beneath overhanging rocks, or in hollow logs but (as other New World porcupines) does not dig burrows as do Old World porcupines.2011, Terry A. Vaughan, James M. Ryan, Mammalogy, page 227. From the entry Old World porcupine
  • Though almost engulfed by Bedford, Elstow's claim to villagedom is still maintained by two fine rows of timber-framed, overhung, black-and-white cottages and the timber and herringbone-brick Swan pub.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 174. From the entry overhung
  • If the staircase is assembled with dadoed joints, this method can still be used, however, for best results wedges should also be driven upward under the overhanging edge.1967 February 19, Bernard Gladstone, “Home Improvement: Simple Stair Repairs”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry dadoed
  • For preference it chooses the loose, dusty soil beneath an overhanging rock, or on the lee side of a dense bush or hedge, where it is protected from the rain.1956, S.H.Skaife, African Insect Life. From the entry wormlion

Meaning of overhang

  1. verb To hang over (something).
  2. verb To impend.
  3. noun The volume that tips the balance between the demand and the supply toward demand lagging supply.

Full definition of overhang

Questions about overhang in a sentence

How do you use overhang in a sentence?
Overhang is used as a verb and noun. For example: “These weights are used as a balance for the overhanging verandah.”
What is a short sentence with overhang?
“The thick branches overhanging the path made progress difficult.”
What does overhang mean?
Overhang means to hang over (something).

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