milled

Example Sentences

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Hundreds of families milled around on Beirut's Ramlet al-Baida beach, left with nowhere to go.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

A small gathering of people milled around as auction items were read through by a woman speaking at a volume not much louder than a semiprivate conversation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

As the group milled about, drinking coffee and eating doughnuts, I met Joe, a longtime resident of Adamsville.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2025

Steel is still produced at the works, but the process now relies on imported slabs of steel which are milled on site.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

Well- dressed people milled around, nearly a third carrying some sort of musical instrument or another.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss