sit around

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.

Examples of sit around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The idea is to use it in 15-minute recovery cycles and relax your feet more efficiently than simply sitting around. — New Atlas, 31 July 2026

Jason mentioned that there can typically be a lot of sitting around at a wedding between the meal and the speeches. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 30 July 2026

One of these regions sits around FOXP2, a gene linked to speech. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 30 July 2026

So don’t sit around waiting to grab a pair—they’re going to sell-out. — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 29 July 2026

Rhymes for sit around

• aboveground
• battleground
• belowground
• paperbound
• turnaround
• ultrasound
• underground
• wraparound
• abound
• aground
• astound
• background