clothes hanger
noun
: a usually curved piece of metal, plastic, or wood that is used for hanging clothing : coat hanger
Examples of clothes hanger in a Sentence
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Keep Christmas lights from getting tangled by wrapping them around a clothes hanger.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
22 Feb. 2026
Verypejan 2-Pack Over-the-Door Clothes Hanger My personal favorite item on this list is this over-the-door clothes hanger that also happens to be my go-to organizational hack for the laundry room.
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Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Feb. 2026
There’s also a nifty clothes hanger on the back of the chair.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
8 Jan. 2026
Morgan, who was called to testify under a subpoena, said Diddy assaulted her with a clothes hanger at Cassie’s home that year.
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Victoria Bekiempis,
Vulture,
19 May 2025
Corbet and others in the cast and crew also succumbed; Corbet’s assistant had to follow him around with an IV bag hung on a clothes hanger.
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Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2025
In the little rowboat with my father and his father, my job was to take a wire clothes hanger bent into a ring, bait it and pull up the crabs.
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Marc Myers,
WSJ,
15 Nov. 2022
The killers tortured the nude Waters before strangling him with a wire clothes hanger.
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David Reamer,
Anchorage Daily News,
5 June 2022
Nearby, a clothes hanger, recently rid of its contents, swayed.
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Lizzie Feidelson,
The New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2022
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
22 Feb. 2026
Verypejan 2-Pack Over-the-Door Clothes Hanger My personal favorite item on this list is this over-the-door clothes hanger that also happens to be my go-to organizational hack for the laundry room.
—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Feb. 2026
There’s also a nifty clothes hanger on the back of the chair.
—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
8 Jan. 2026
Morgan, who was called to testify under a subpoena, said Diddy assaulted her with a clothes hanger at Cassie’s home that year.
—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Vulture,
19 May 2025
Corbet and others in the cast and crew also succumbed; Corbet’s assistant had to follow him around with an IV bag hung on a clothes hanger.
—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2025
In the little rowboat with my father and his father, my job was to take a wire clothes hanger bent into a ring, bait it and pull up the crabs.
—
Marc Myers,
WSJ,
15 Nov. 2022
The killers tortured the nude Waters before strangling him with a wire clothes hanger.
—
David Reamer,
Anchorage Daily News,
5 June 2022
Nearby, a clothes hanger, recently rid of its contents, swayed.
—
Lizzie Feidelson,
The New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2022
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“Clothes hanger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clothes%20hanger. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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