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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are milling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the action of people or animals moving around in a confused or aimless manner, often in a group.
Example: "The children are milling around the playground, waiting for the bell to ring."
Alternatives: "are wandering" or "are moving about".
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The working phases of milled peat production are milling, harrowing, ridging, collection, and stockpiling (Leinonen and Hillebrand 2000).
The loose horses are milling, hooves clattering on tarmac.
"We are milling around, but it's fine," Farage said.
Three important elementary forms are milling, rumour, and social unrest.
Hardcore kids are milling about, waiting for something to happen.
The chief industries are milling, malting, agricultural engineering, and machinery.
"People are milling about trying to figure out what to do," one broker said.
They are milling about, chatting to one another, generally ignoring the speakers.
People are milling around, trying to get their mobiles to work.
Inside this dusty enclosure the boys are milling around amid the scattered equipment and empty bottles.
Various opposition groups are milling around and killing whoever the enemy is at that moment.
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