stand around
Example Sentences
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If we weren’t in school, we would drive up Santa Monica Boulevard into Hollywood and we’d stand around and watch them produce the radio mysteries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
And France’s Kylian Mbappé still doesn’t understand why he was made to stand around for 3 minutes and 11 seconds during a review of an obvious penalty kick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
While a Wednesday rate cut is baked in, the odds of another quarter-point reduction in borrowing costs in January stand around 20% and barely get above coin-flip territory through the first half of next year.
From Barron's ● Dec. 10, 2025
We’re left to stand around holding the rumpled sack.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2024
I feel as if my talents could be of better use somewhere else, somewhere I can speak the language andpreach, instead of just stand around and run errands.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
