How to Use stand around in a Sentence

stand around

phrasal verb
Definition of stand aroundnext
  • And the crew and the cast would all stand around and wait.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 14 May 2024
  • The West cannot stand around and wait for the cow to die.
    — Graeme Smith, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Players stand around the edges of the sheet and hold it in the air.
    — Catherine Holecko, Parents, 29 July 2024
  • They're made from the earth, are covered in grass and stand around 30 feet high.
    — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2024
  • But Blackmon didn't make this move just to stand around and watch.
    — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 13 June 2023
  • Throughout the game, a group of teenagers stand around recording the action.
    — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Concerts involve more than just a throng of fans standing around on the grass.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
  • There were two sparse groups of people standing around them.
    — Vladimir Sorokin, Harper's Magazine, 13 July 2022
  • The average price in all three of those cities now stands around $2.80 per gallon.
    — Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
  • The average price in all three of those cities now stands around $2.80 per gallon.
    — Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Now, somehow, all four of us are standing around the kid, making space.
    — Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The air had a pre-fight crackle to it; people stood around waiting to see how the tension would break.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
  • The twin sisters stand around in the jungle, arguing over the skirmish.
    — Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
  • There’s a lot of standing around watching the horses work, so people can talk.
    — Terence McGinley, New York Times, 5 May 2023
  • The snowy, wooded scene shows a gaggle of droids standing around a grill with what looks to be cheese curds directly on the grates.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Once all the ducklings were gone, folks stood around in shock and horror as Juniper went after the mama.
    — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 1 May 2024
  • Enter Email Sign Up Prior to this year, summer rates for the last three years stood around 8 to 9 cents per kilowatt hour.
    — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
  • The boy’s older sister, now 26, said some men who weren’t involved in the fight were standing around laughing.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Owing to the protests over the police shooting, armored guards stood around the building’s perimeter.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • For several minutes, the video shows the woman talking to the deputies standing around her about the traffic stop.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 13 July 2023
  • The longer the House can’t function, the greater the chance that the economy gets wrecked or the United States loses standing around the world with our allies and partners.
    — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023
  • No Coast Kitchen has since developed a base of loyal customers that follow the food stand around town.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2024
  • Several people stand around the pool deck watching the deer and appear to try to guide the animal using the buoys.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
  • People stand around large craters in the ground left by Israeli bombardments in Rafah on Monday.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Of course, visitors stand around the enclosure swearing, trying to get the parrots to copy them.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Stores have few or no customers, and shopkeepers stand around looking bored.
    — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 7 June 2024
  • Fireworks erupted throughout the night as neighbors stood around.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2023
  • Family members and friends stand around or rest on bumpers and lawn chairs, tailgating with coolers and snacks.
    — Matt Higgins Jalen Wright, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • What else to know about out-of-hours tours These tours require a fair amount of standing around and listening, so that has to be a good fit for your family to work well.
    — Christine Sarkis, USA TODAY, 1 June 2024
  • Just drive down the 5 to Disneyland on a summer day, spend $800 on tickets for your family and stand around in the sun with a few thousand impatient strangers.
    — Paul Thornton, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024

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