Examples of 'hanging about' in a sentence

Meaning of "hanging about"

hanging about: This phrase typically means to loiter or linger in a particular place without any specific purpose or intention. It suggests that someone is spending time idly or waiting around without being productive
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  • present participle of hang about

How to use "hanging about" in a sentence

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hanging about
That wanderer is hanging about the house.
Stop hanging about here and get back in there.
I felt like a bear in a cage hanging about.
I am not hanging about in this filthy hole.
And this time there is no hanging about.
Forever hanging about with your pals.
This only works once so no hanging about.
Saw you hanging about the station.
That journalist has been hanging about.
Been hanging about the coal shed.
Lfelt like a bear in a cage hanging about.
Too much hanging about in graveyards.
You get fair peckish hanging about.
Always hanging about the lock.
Has a lot of lads hanging about.

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Silly bird hanging about a graveyard all night.
Did not see any dodgy characters hanging about.
He was hanging about eight feet up from a leather strap.
One or two new faces hanging about recently.
He was hanging about in my raspberry bushes.
Sorry to keep you hanging about.
This hanging about gets me.
There is a gang of muggers hanging about this area.
Just hanging about outside.
There is no use you are hanging about.
We are not hanging about for scraps.
When you have the police hanging about.
I saw somebody hanging about the town earlier.
He told me himself how tired he was of your hanging about him.
You are not hanging about here dressed like that.
Just that policeman hanging about.
I do not want you hanging about the front of the house anymore.
And that was before he saw you hanging about outside.
They are hanging about for good weather and they are always up to something.
You should not be hanging about out here.
It is always great to see a bunch of pictures just hanging about.
Well no point hanging about here.
And country people have these things hanging about.
I am not hanging about though.
You do not have any raw custard hanging about.
I was not hanging about myself.
No suggestion of strangers hanging about.
Had enough of him hanging about the house every day.
And there were these dodgy blokes hanging about.
There was no point in me hanging about the back of the chapel.
I expect you have got a few young farmers hanging about.
Some unknown giant has been hanging about my building for several days.
This place has many drug addicts and homeless hanging about.
I felt like a bear in a cage hanging about with nothing to do.
No point hanging about for a guy who watched you as only a money maker.

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