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

Economists project inflation will sit around 30% by year-end, and growth overall is slowing. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026

The real purpose is simply to give people a reason to sit around the table together. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2026

The company already sits around access requests, tickets and privilege escalation, giving it a potential role as employees ask personal AI agents to perform work beyond their normal permissions. — Victor Dey, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile the extreme heat holds steady and temperatures sit around 110 degrees in the area. — Tevian Whitehurst, AZCentral.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for sit around

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