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
Families mill around, with the few possessions they were able to grab for the night, while their children dance through the hallways – perhaps just happy to have the day off school.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 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
The traffic thins, and a few teachers mill around the doors.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
