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.
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The mask is also designed to sit around the eyes rather than press on them.
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Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
But rain threatened the whole thing; for two hours, everyone sat around—interesting enough, no one left—before the first pitch finally took place.
—Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
The Canucks owned all of those top picks that year because their GM, Brian Burke, didn’t sit around and mope about bad luck.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 6 May 2026
These Knicks don’t sit around and watch Jalen Brunson pound the ball into oblivion.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
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Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
But rain threatened the whole thing; for two hours, everyone sat around—interesting enough, no one left—before the first pitch finally took place.
—Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
The Canucks owned all of those top picks that year because their GM, Brian Burke, didn’t sit around and mope about bad luck.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 6 May 2026
These Knicks don’t sit around and watch Jalen Brunson pound the ball into oblivion.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sit around
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“Sit around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20around. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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