hang about

Example Sentences

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But most of all it is unexpectedly fun, drawing you through its world of not-very-good-at-this criminals, low-lifes and people who want little more than to just hang about with verve and panache.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2020

She said she would hang about 20 masks at a time, and within an hour they’d be gone.

From Washington Times • May 1, 2020

How lovely to see a long-forgotten favourite pop up unexpectedly on the leaderboard, even if they just hang about for a couple of hours on Thursday morning.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2019

Nigel Andrews of The Financial Times simply adds: "Don't hang about if there is a cinema near you. If there isn't, take a train or bus. This is a funny, clever, inventive, richly endearing film."

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2019

Then he bought a wide and deep carven bed, big enough for a small room in itself, and he bought flowered curtains to hang about it.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck