Having an obvious audience hanging on every word soon results in an embarrassed silence.

The audience hung on her every word.

The audience hung on their every word.

They were the finest that I had written, and the audience hung upon them.

Finally, he reached the question on which his audience hung.

He paused, while the audience hung on his words.

The audience is clearly hanging on her every note and she is relishing it, growing bolder with each song.

The audience hung on their every movement like hypnotized sports fans.

One sensed the faint smell of sawdust in the air, and Tuesday's audience, up for a good time, hung on every fast-moving note.

I was nervous and sure the audience would hang on every word of my valedictorian address.