milled

Example Sentences

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Dozens of police and security guards milled about as parents stood beside the line of students waiting to enter the exam hall, hoping to film their children walking inside.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

At Linate Airport, the closest of Milan’s three airports to the city center, two camouflage-clad Italian soldiers with long guns milled outside the arrival gates Monday evening.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Volunteers urged attendees to take their seats, but they milled around, greeting old friends, hugging, shouting names across rows of white folding chairs.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026

A small gathering of people milled around as auction items were read through by a woman speaking at a volume not much louder than a semiprivate conversation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

But the biggest clutch of admiring onlookers milled around something at the far end of the tent.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly