mill around
Example Sentences
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She has seen that some mill around when they encounter the wire, before turning around.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
The soldiers had been on a high-visibility patrol near the corner of 17th and I streets, an area where many office workers mill around at lunchtime.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
In the middle are two young society beauties wearing the new clingy fashions with uncaricatured style, but amongst the mixed-sex groups that mill around them are gratuitously padded older women.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
Younger attendees mill around, decked out in high fashion streetwear, while the tech journalists in the crowd dress to delicately toe the line between looking professional and avoiding overheating in the sun.
From The Verge ● Jul. 14, 2022
Below, I see a smattering of ghost-shrimp Collective mill around the empty room.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
