He let his words hang in the air for a moment.

The word they'd called his daughter still hung in the air.

The idea hung in the air between the two men for a moment.

But the big question is still hanging in the air.

Then, too, the big business deal still hung in the air!

The word still hung in the air when death took him.

The staff hung in the air a few feet away.

The words hung in the air over the three of them.

If you didn't want to be kind a whole range of words were just hanging in the air.

I let the number hang in the air between us.