stand around

verb

stood around; standing around; stands around

: to stand without doing anything

People were standing around waiting to get inside the theater.

Examples of stand around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On one of their rides, the men were photographed standing around a Black woman, the only person unmasked in the crowd—an image that captured the depth of the nation’s divisions amid all the celebrations of 250 years of independence. — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

There’s no covering that up at a BBQ full of people standing around a hot grill. — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 4 July 2026

Palace maids stand around a plump woman, struggling to fasten a black belt sash around her waist. — Lavender Au, The Dial, 30 June 2026

Specialist teams came to retrieve the body and decontaminate the roadside, while his family members stood around and wept. — Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 15 June 2026

Rhymes for stand around

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