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

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

According to a report from the American Farm Bureau Federation, this year's turkey population has plummeted due to disease and sits around 195 million in 2025, a figure that is 3% less than 2024, and 36% less from 1996, where peak turkey farming hit a population of 303 million. —Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025

Ancient Rome sits around 23 feet below the current street level, which means many ancient monuments like the Pantheon appear sunken. —Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025

Neither of them is going to sit around dithering. —Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for sit around

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