Sentence examples for they stood around from inspiring English sources

They stood around and talked in groups.

They stood around, in small packs, laughing and eyeing one another.

I asked them to show me a Porsche with an automatic gearbox and the salesman called over all the other salesmen and they stood around absolutely roaring with laughter.

Then, when they arrived on the field for the match – Munster, naturally enough, left them there for a couple of minutes – they stood around as if waiting for a bar to open.

"To look at the faces on the visiting whalers as they stood around on the main street in Neah Bay," Sullivan writes, "was to see a mini-history of humanity's nearly expired hunt for the whale".

So, rather than the Lions – trailing at the time, 10-3 – immediatakingaking the field and trying to capitalize on the big play, they stood around, while play was stopped in its tracks for 2min 15sec while no fewer than four commercials aired on Fox.

They stand around outside loud parties and smoke weed in front of cops.

They stand around outside loud parties and smoke weed in front of the cops.

"They stand around and look at each other and say, 'You want some of me?' " said the bar's bouncer, Bruce Wilson.

There is also the glamorous-life trope common to this sort of show, in which the women exclaim about the exciting events they get to attend, at which they stand around like the hired help.

"They stand around outside their bars, whiskey glass in one hand and the other on their chin, eyebrows slightly raised, producing nothing and insulting the people," Mr. Erdogan said.