hang around

Example Sentences

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When he does, he doesn’t plan to hang around very long.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Somehow he managed to hang around the New York hip-hop scene without taking to heart the message conveyed in Run-DMC’s “You Talk Too Much.”

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

For one thing, Powell may now be emboldened to hang around the Fed as a non-chair governor for much longer than planned.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

The kind of people I like to hang around are the people that hang out in that space.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

He wished they would hang around and make faces at him, but he understood that they had other stuff to do sometimes.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry