sit around
phrasal verb
sat around; sitting around; sits around
: to spend time doing nothing useful
He sits around and does nothing while I do all the work.
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Two doctors and a dog sit around a table reviewing patient files.
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Bruce Headlam, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The price of bitcoin currently sits around $115,000.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 13 Oct. 2025
For the seven mostly young men sitting around this table, bottom was a grave of their own digging — a hole so deep that their cries for help went unheard.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
Games will take place over three days, ensuring the teams that received a bye don’t have to sit around for too long.
—Zach Powell, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
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Bruce Headlam, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The price of bitcoin currently sits around $115,000.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 13 Oct. 2025
For the seven mostly young men sitting around this table, bottom was a grave of their own digging — a hole so deep that their cries for help went unheard.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
Games will take place over three days, ensuring the teams that received a bye don’t have to sit around for too long.
—Zach Powell, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sit around
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“Sit around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20around. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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