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.

Examples of sit around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The following episode kicks off on a much lighter note with the lawyers all sitting around trading their favorite cosmetic procedures and self-care rituals. —Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025

And my experience in nearly three years at the Fed is that everybody sitting around the table takes the job extremely seriously. —Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025

Whereas other forms of gaming require people to sit around the same table, crouch in the same alley, or gather at the same racetrack, online-sportsbook users can gamble in total isolation. —Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025

There was a fireplace with people sitting around, sipping drinks, and a lineup of precious mint-green bicycles, which visitors can use at their leisure to make their way around the grounds. —Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for sit around

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