going in circles
Example Sentences
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My heart was racing, and my mind was going in circles, trying to figure out what went wrong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2025
“Are you from here? We keep going in circles trying to find our Airbnb, and our GPS is going crazy.”
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2024
If you feel like conversations with him are going in circles, and are deepening the wound, it may indicate the need for couples counseling or that you need to break up.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023
"Mass killings solve nothing. We'll keep going in circles unless you address the root causes," Ms Varma says.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2022
We seem to keep going in circles and have to ask for directions from tourists who are just as lost as we are.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
