milled

Example Sentences

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PHOENIX—As officials and contractors working in border security milled around a convention-center hall this week, artificial intelligence analyzed their threat potential in real time, displaying the results on computer screens.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Inside, guests milled about on multiple levels where pre-dinner receptions were occurring.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Hours before strikes hit Iraq's capital, crowds milled in central Baghdad to the sound not of missiles but clinking coffee cups, children laughing and women filming TikToks.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

He remembers waking up in intensive care and wondering what the doctors and nurses would tell him about his injuries as they milled around.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

Of smallfolk and commoners, she saw no sign, but under the gallery a cluster of lords great and small milled restlessly.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin