going in circles

Example Sentences

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“Are you from here? We keep going in circles trying to find our Airbnb, and our GPS is going crazy.”

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2024

If you feel like conversations with him are going in circles, and are deepening the wound, it may indicate the need for couples counseling or that you need to break up.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023

Between the relatively cheap haul for DeBrincat and Dach and the desperate pay for goalie Mrazek, they seemed to be going in circles.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2022

My friends laughed when I told them that I recently purchased a Thomas Guide and magnifying glass due to frustrations with going in circles and getting lost using Google Maps.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2021

There was a dusty little road leading into the woods, but soon it became a narrow, rocky trail, which twisted and wound until I thought I might be going in circles.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff