fool around

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Recent Examples of fool around Bigger, bolder personalities may shine as jokers, always fooling around, or as storytellers, bringing imagination to life. Julianna Bragg, CNN, 23 Feb. 2025 While Mark and Helly were fooling around, Helly wasn’t fulfilling her promise to go get the directions Irving left tucked behind Dylan’s motivational poster. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 21 Feb. 2025 While the siblings have the habit of getting into troubles and to only use their creative skills to fool around, Michael sees in them a real talent. Maelle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024 Players were in a dorm room fooling around with a gun. Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for fool around
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fool around
Verb
  • Umberto Rispoli squeezed between horses around the top of the stretch and then rode Journalism to a tremendous rally.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2025
  • Fayetteville Sad Palomino’s Will King releases a collection of home recordings In between horsing around with his longtime band Sad Palomino, Will King has been recording and trying to decide the best way to share songs, mostly written during winters from 2020 to 2025.
    Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
Verb
  • Checking these crooked politicians who ain’t playing fair/ Shut up!
    Anna Chan, Billboard, 20 June 2025
  • Sartain and Busey would reunite near the end of the decade when Busey played the title role in The Buddy Holly Story and Sartain was cast as fellow rock and roll pioneer The Big Bopper.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • Maria is a former basketball player for the University of New Orleans Maria cut up the court herself, as a Division I basketball player for the University of New Orleans from 1993 to 1996, per the Rutgers University website.
    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 25 June 2025
  • Video and phone recordings showed Frey cutting up a rubber glove, filling it with something and stuffing the package into an arrow shaft during a call with Smith.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • Drake posted a mirror selfie in front of his bar on his Instagram on June 28, which showed off his fitness regimen along with his six-pack of abs.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 30 June 2025
  • This Donde Esteban number is the ultimate summer wrap dress with its flattering shape and mini length to show off your legs this season.
    Rana Good, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • The track and field season is in full swing, and with an important juncture coming – the 2025 USATF Outdoor Championships in July – Lyles doesn’t really have time to mess around.
    Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • Wilson’s ambition, however, was undercut by intensifying, untreated mental illness as well as by drug use (including hashish and amphetamines) and pressure from the other Beach Boys and the group’s label, Capitol, to stop messing around and start cranking out hits.
    Jason Fine, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
Verb
  • Sizes Tablecloths should hang about 8-16 inches on each side for formal dining and about 3-6 inches on each side for casual dining.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
  • Most asteroids hang about in the Mars to Jupiter region, and the ones near Earth obviously hang about a bit closer.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Floral and spicy notes bring to mind a meadow in full bloom (without making your allergies act up, thankfully).
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 28 May 2025
  • For the first time, Tindall had to act up without his partner over these past two weeks, with Graeme Jones, his fellow assistant, deputising alongside him.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The idea for another ‘Mamma Mia!’ installment, though, has been kicking around for years.
    Rance Collins, IndieWire, 21 June 2025
  • There are also a number of great kitchenware deals kicking around, including coffee makers, nonstick and stainless steel cookware, air fryers, Keurigs, and immersion blenders.
    Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2025

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