How to Use sit around in a Sentence

sit around

phrasal verb

• The company’s stock price recovered slightly Thursday morning, sitting around $418.
  — Laura Bratton, Quartz, 31 July 2024
• On their last night, the team sat around a bonfire in the backyard.
  — Billy Witz, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
• Shit’s gotta sit around for a minute … fine-tune it, perfect it.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 21 July 2023
• Sh–’s gotta sit around for a minute … fine-tune it, perfect it.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 25 July 2023
• At the time of this writing, Apple’s share price sits around $173.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
• The would sit around a table and go through the previous day’s game.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
• Plus, who wants to sit around waiting to charge to 100 percent?
  — Emme Hall, Ars Technica, 15 May 2024
• Who are the six people who would sit around that table with you?
  — Anne Sugar, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• The two were sitting around one night when the idea for a grander adventure came to Hazelip.
  — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
• Even so, there was a lot of sitting around the table in silence.
  — Time, 21 Aug. 2023
• This latter means the sound appears to move with you, sitting around and just ahead of you.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• One of my pet peeves is: Don’t sit around me or near me and then have your phone at full volume.
  — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
• But ancient cave dwellers weren’t sitting around the fire quaffing crisp lagers and hazy IPAs.
  — Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
• Had a bottle of Irish Whiskey that had been sitting around, so used it in place of the Bourbon.
  — Elizabeth Heiskell, Southern Living, 11 Nov. 2023
• Groups can be seen sitting around fires, while others walk around the beach.
  — Katie Polglase, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
• If your buns have been sitting around for a few days, toast for a fresh texture.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2023
• One of the rarest modern Jaguars is just sitting around waiting to be bought.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2024
• Guests can sit around it and enjoy the sounds of DJs spinning nightly.
  — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
• The longer raw fish sits around in a kitchen, the higher the likelihood of food poisoning.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2024
• The Duchess, 64, is a regular guest on chat shows and earlier this year sat around the table on The View.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
• Spunky Ava, who dreams of becoming a surgeon and traveling the world, is not the kind to sit around and mope.
  — Susan Young, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023
• Apple’s Vision Pro aims to change all this, to be the kind of headset people will sit around and watch 3D movies in.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024
• Unlike most travel pillows that just sit around your neck, the Pod wraps around your neck and head like a hood or space suit.
  — Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2023
• With one leaf up, four people can sit around the table for dinner with elbow room to spare.
  — Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2023
• Marsh saw his changeup velocity sit around 87-88 mph — the sweet spot he’s looked for in camp.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
• After a bit of initial interest, this toy tends to sit around my house.
  — Martin Cizmar, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2023
• Don’t have half an hour to sit around in witness of your inner being’s birthright quietude?
  — Michael Owen, The Atlantic, 23 June 2023
• Guthrie didn’t want to sit around Indianapolis without a car to drive.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2024
• Letting the berries sit around with excess moisture can hasten mold development.
  — Anthea Levi, Health, 7 Aug. 2024
• That doesn't mean reporters were sitting around waiting for information.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, USA TODAY, 14 July 2024

Last Updated: 6 Sep 2024