mill around
Example Sentences
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The national fire service has posted images on X of workers at the site as an agitated crowd mill around the scene.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
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
As the officers mill around, one officer wearing his hat backward grabs a skateboard.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 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
White-clad mess-hall workers mill around the steam tables, walk back and forth wiping off the tables with rags, tie up bags of garbage, and mop up spills.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
