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

Putting on these princess dresses and the wigs and then standing around with all these people was so fun. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

To do that safely, robots need more awareness of the humans standing around them. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

There are no aisles of cubicles to maneuver on your bathroom break or colleagues to stand around with at the water cooler. — Jennifer Heimlich, Time, 27 July 2026

The sentencing hearing was held with Adams County sheriff’s deputies standing around the courtroom. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 25 July 2026

Rhymes for stand around

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