Sentences with around
a·round
A a - Driving around Ireland
- To stay around the house
- Crowds gather around Sydney Harbour to welcome home teen sailor Jessica Watson.
- Many people around the world suffer from illnesses and pain.
- It happened around 1957, I think
- A band around her head
- If you have noticed wasps around your home.
- Board games have been around for ages.
- He owns the land for ten miles around
- To wait around
- Be careful around steep drop.
- Over time, hamsters have become a very popular pet around the world.
- Dotted around
- Some pop stars are around for only a few years
- Around is an adverb and a preposition. In British English, the word 'round' is often used instead. Around is often used with verbs of movement, such as 'walk' and 'drive', and also in phrasal verbs such as 'get around' and 'hand around'.
- He's around here somewhere
- That type of phone has been around for some years now
- He gets around
- His turn came around
- The year around
- Stay around
- Come around to see us
- around five pounds
- The house around the corner
- We got around the boss by finding a substitute
- Somewhere around the building
- It happened around 1965
- A speech written around a favorite concept
- He's up and around now
- When dinosaurs were around
- She looked at the papers around her.
- ...a village with a rocky river, a ruined castle and hills all around.
- The photographer stopped clicking and hurried around the corner.
- I turned around and wrote the title on the blackboard.
- I've been walking around Moscow and the town is terribly quiet.
- These days much of my time is spent weaving my way around drinks parties.
- She helped me unpack my things and then we went around to see the other girls.
- I'm just going to be hanging around twiddling my thumbs.
- He used to skip lessons and hang around the harbor with some other boys.
- Furniture in the classroom should not be changed around without warning the blind child.
- The boat started to spin around in the water.
- Police in South Africa say ten people have died in scattered violence around the country.
- The blackbird had a quick, wary look in case the cat was anywhere around.
- We change our behaviour by observing the behaviour of those around us.
- ...the gentle comedy based around the Larkin family.
- Senator Bentsen has declined to get involved this time around.
- She was 40 inches around the hips.
- My salary was around £19,000 plus a car and expenses.
- A lot of shelves around the house
- The crowd gathered around.
- His land is fenced all around.
- He owns the land for miles around.
- All the country around.
- The tree was 40 inches around.
- To fly around and around.
- To show someone around.
- When spring rolls around again.
- The driveway to the house goes around past the stables.
- To get around into the navigable channel.
- The wheels turned around.
- Sit still and don't turn around. After our arguments, she finally came around.
- The smelling salts brought her around.
- He hasn't been around lately. The play has been around for years. When will she be up and around?
- I'll be around if you need me.
- He came around to see me.
- A halo around his head.
- To tie paper around a package.
- A skirt with fringe around the bottom.
- To get around town.
- To look around one.
- The country around Boston.
- It's around five o'clock.
- There are many cafés around the city.
- To stay around the house.
- To wander around the country.
- To go around the lake; to sail around a cape.
- The church around the corner.
- The earth's motion around its axis.
- Only the few advisers around the party leader understood his real motives.
- They got around the lack of chairs by sitting on the floor.
- The novel is built around a little-known historical event.
- He's been around and isn't likely to be taken in.
- Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
- There are rumors going around that the company is bankrupt. She went around the office and got everyone to sign the card. Look around and see what you find. We moved the furniture around in the living room.
- The team wasn't doing well, but the new coach really turned things around. He used to stay up late but his new girlfriend changed that around. The patient was unconscious but the doctor brought him around quickly. (see bring around, come around)I didn't think he would ever like the new design, but eventually we brought him around. (see bring around, come around)
- Turn around at the end of this street. She spun around a few times.
- Stop kidding around. I'm serious. I asked around, and no-one really liked it. Shopping around can get you a better deal. When are you going to stop whoring around, find a nice girl, and give us grandchildren?
- I planted a row of lillies around the statue. The jackals began to gather around [someone or something].
- We walked around the football field. She went around the track fifty times.
- The road took a brief detour around the large rock formation, then went straight on.
- I left my keys somewhere around here. I left the house around 10 this morning. There isn't another house here for miles around. I'll see you around [the neighbourhood, etc. ]
- The pages from the notebook were scattered around the room. Those teenagers like to hang around the mall.