| 单词 | sit around |
| 例句 | He nodded at the other guys from the shop, who sat around him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Inside, there was barely enough room for three people to sit around the table — which was lucky because only three people lived there. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “I guess I’m pretty roundabout. The whole thing comes up because I’m tired of just sitting around. I want to get something to take up my time.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We sit around my puzzle at the kitchen table. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z So she got up and sat around scared and miserable. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The light of the fires jumped and danced, and the people sitting around the storytellers were boulders rising from the earth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z My favorite activities, on the other hand, are sitting around in the dark and looking up at the sky. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Amil and I sat around by the door like lonely dogs and waited for Papa. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to hear it if she did, but I wasn’t eager to leave the lighted room where my family sat around the friendly fire. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He could make out the shapes of pilots sitting around the bar, large shoulders and barbered heads silhouetted in the pale light that spilled into the bar from the dining room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Craig came by for family dinners once in a while, and we sat around the table and laughed the same as always, though we were now joined by Janis, Craig’s wife. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Plants and animals don’t just sit around waiting for human beings to use them— they use us, too. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I wasn’t a good Scrabble player, but it was better than sitting around the living room staring at one another. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The firemen were sitting around a table, playing dominoes. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Via and I followed him to the kitchen, where our parents were sitting around the table over a bagel and cream cheese spread. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Losing my dad exacerbated my sense that there was no time to sit around and ponder how my life should go. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Attendees sat around tables made into giant rectangles with their name cards and cups of coffee or bottled water in front of them, making speeches. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z So I just sat around like a lump in front of the television, trying not to move. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “I mean, why sit around, when it’s a perfectly beautiful day?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The herons built huge ragged nests of sticks and trash and sat around in the trees all day long, fussing and staining the tree branches with their white droppings. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I started thinking about the world loaded with disguised Marys sitting around all over the place and hidden red hearts tucked about that people could rub and touch, only we didn’t recognize them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The old hustlers sit around the bar, and I bring them food from the kitchen. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I worry that you won’t have a life, that you’ll sit around here all day with no me to look after and stare at the walls and want to off yourselves.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z So we gave up trying to make friends with them and simply sat around on the smooth rocks in our bathing costumes, enjoying the lovely sun. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The three of them are sitting around the table, my parents in their pajamas and Uncle Carlos in some sweats and a hoodie. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She felt like slapping some of them for sitting around grinning at her like a pack of chessy cats, trying to make out they looked like love. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Whatever anesthesia had carried me through the event was starting to wear off and with each passing second the thought of sitting around all night, alone, was seeming more and more unbearable. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z We sat around the table and drank two bottles of the wine that had been left in the cellar of the villa. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Men hurrying by stopped to stare inquisitively before moving on, idlers stood or sat around lazily indulging their curiosity. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The two sat around the fire watching and offering suggestions. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The family sat around the traditional dastarkhan, a tablecloth laid out on the floor on top of which the food was placed. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z For the next couple of periods plus lunch, I sat around worrying about how much work I was going to have to make up and fuming about how Annette had known my secret all along. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Drank it all the time over in Italy. They have all kind of little places where you sit around and do that, you know.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z At the third, several men were sitting around a table, eating, and Ash hesitated outside until one of them looked up and caught her eye. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes when he did that, I wondered if he wasn’t just sitting around his office, checking his watch, until Mom went to bed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Then we sit around behind the warehouse and stare at each other with nothing to say. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They sat around the Willises’ kitchen table, dunking the honey clusters into lemony-sweet tea. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z For a moment, she looked as if she would run straight into my arms, but at the last moment she pulled back, darting a glance at the people sitting around us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When we got to the village, we sat around the fire until dawn. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I smile to myself, imagining James sitting around the table with my family—how awkward it would be. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Or maybe people will sit around and speak German, because the Germans will have won. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I tell him he’s doing me a favor, that it drives me nuts to sit around all day. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I knew very well that without the church and the help of the people sitting around me, I had little chance of making it through that school year. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Should we just sit around on our butts and wait to be snuffed by the Grievers?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He, along with Noor and his parents, sat around their tiny television, glued to the screen. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Many of those sitting around Yaxley looked impressed; his neighbor, Dolohov, a man with a long, twisted face, clapped him on the back. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I realize how many people sitting around us have open laptops and open notebooks, and hope that none of them have been taking notes. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Then we all sat around the table again and waited for either Jan or the police. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z We stayed sitting around the big pile of glowing charcoal, talking—me and Rondell mostly. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z And out to the very edges of the roads that led from the town to general stores where farmers came on Saturday nights and sat around the stove. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z We sat around the kitchen table, drinking hot apple cider, eating homemade cookies fresh out of the oven, and playing hearts. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z After I dropped Radar off that afternoon, I sat around the house reading “Song of Myself” and halfheartedly studying for finals. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Peering around the comer of Shandi’s wagon I saw several unfamiliar men and women sitting around a fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As they sat around the fire, the camel drivers exchanged information about windstorms, and told stories about the desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat around the crackling fires and sang Lithuanian songs. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Why, of course you will, Mr. Hare. What a bore you must think me. I’ll probably sit around on the common here and teach the rats to make daisy chains.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, for weeks after the incident, the girls sat around discussing it, wishing things could have been different. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He lived in a tree and when other saints visited him for dinner they would sit around on branches like birds having a grand time with their water and dry bread. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Almost all of the people in the world who understood the meaning of Ebola virus were sitting around a long table. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But the majority sat around laughing and waiting for the sun to get friendly again. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z We all sat around that evening, waiting to eat dinner, while she personally called every one of the Daughters on the telephone. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "We'll be the ones doing all the fighting," another of Mazen's men calls from the back of the crowd, "while you old-timers sit around taking all the credit." An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “They’re not sitting around getting wasted, denying the existence of God or anything. My dad considers himself a believer. But he also believes in enjoying a glass of wine now and again.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z It was damp, drippy weather but with no real rain, and they all just sat around on the floor of the temple in the darkening late afternoons and talked and talked. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z DAD: Like, now I have to sit around doing nothing all the time, and my twenty-three-year-old boyfriend can’t see me or bring me alcohol. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z There was the time, for instance, we were sitting around the kitchen table after a long breakfast, Ruth, me and a few veterans. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother and Daddy and Mr. and Mrs. Chris sat around the end of the stove, just lounging around like people by a picnic fire. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Zander posted the one from the sophomore picnic, all of them sitting around the table, happy. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Jojo mused, “Who knew we had so many buckets sitting around here in Bumblebee?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We plopped it on the table where we’d eaten dinner and sat around it, too exhausted to speak. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z You can’t leave anything sitting around in the woods or someone will get it. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There were clips of panel discussions, where preachers and community leaders sat around arguing for me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “A dozen dead guys in togas sitting around in a cave?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In late December, President Johnson and his top advisors sat around the table in the White House Cabinet Room. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” said Samuel, “but at least he won’t sit around and mope. Here, hold the lantern for me, will you?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The only males were the drones who sat around waiting to mate with the queen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, I ruined Thanksgiving by going on a rant about the women having to cook all day while the men just sat around, scratching their butts. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The next few days were even colder, but the Poppers soon got used to sitting around in their overcoats. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z We made fried pork chops or heaping plates of spaghetti and meatballs and sat around talking about Welch, laughing so hard at the idea of all that craziness that our eyes watered. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “These kids sit around and they go over it and over it and over it.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z So the four of us sat around the table and shared our blessings. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The rest of us were all sitting around, talking about spaceship disasters. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in Minneapolis, Cole had thought that being alone on an island would give him plenty of time to just sit around. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Don’t you get bored sitting around the house all day? The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Now on to my next task: sitting around with nothing to do for twelve hours. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They couldn’t just sit around the bus station for five hours, waiting to be recognized. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind him, the other firemen were sitting around the table with their dominoes. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z One night, a couple of girlfriends and I were sitting around watching TV and talking. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z There was nothing Miranda liked less than sitting around without an audience. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I find myself sent into a room where six people sit around a table. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Maniac thought of Thanksgivings past, of sitting around a joyless table, his aunt and uncle as silent and lifeless as the mammoth bird they gnawed on. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But her mother was in the kitchen humming happily and clattering pot lids as the visitors sat around the table toasting each other with glasses of mint tea and gobbling roasted chickpeas. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z They sat around the small fire and took turns drinking soup from the pan, soaking it up with flabby slices of bread. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z When I hang up the phone, all I can think about is how much I miss my sisters, how much I miss sitting around the dining room table together. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The preacher continued explaining that it would be a short service because “it ain’t no point sitting around pouting,” and “sister Brown wouldn’t want no whole lotta tears.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She had joined a group of his friends sitting around a filthy plastic table in a beer parlor off campus. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z After we ate we went back to bed and next morning, all the grown-ups sat around looking sad. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was really just a chance for everybody to sit around and for the old-heads to crack jokes and tell me and Maddy stories about him. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z By just sat there chomping down apples, so I tried to think what him and Buphead would talk about when they sat around like this. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Dozens of bronze and gold spheres like steampunk basketballs sat around in various stages of disassembly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We sit around the kitchen table and munch on black beans and rice with steak from the Cuban restaurant in town. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z They sat around the living room and talked, telling stories about the old days on Ada’s farm, laughing and joking and trying to have a good time, and suddenly John’s name would come up. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, as we sat around the bonfire singing folk songs and roasting marshmallows, I thought: This is what regular kids do. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z After dinner, he sat around for a while, talking to me and Mama and making Little Arliss some toy horses out of dried cornstalks. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Some days, they would finish early and sit around telling stories. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Odom brought powdered sugar doughnuts out on the porch and we sat around and listened to Jackie tell Waffle House stories. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The family was sitting around, watching the final episode of M*A*S*H, and I’ll never forget it even though I was very young. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z We sit around the table, eating our Christmas dinner. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We sit all day at desks in school or at work, then sit around all night watching television. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z We sat around for a while and he told me more about his amazing life. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z After dinner, we sat around the kitchen radio listening to a music program on the Brooklyn Haitian station. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Like always, they sit around the dining room table, passing the tequila and talking about how great it was to live in their hometown of Los Ojos. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They sat around a rickety card table and ate, with many helpings of ketchup and mustard. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When she thought about putting on the fine clothes she couldn’t just sit around and wait. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z During the day there was always a watcher on the cliff and each night as we sat around our fires we wondered if the next sun would bring him home. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought you were sitting around your house all lonely and waiting to die.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z One night in February of ’63, as the family sat around the open fire, a wagon clattered down the road from the north and stopped in front of the house. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z When I returned to the wedding party, the dance was over, and everyone was sitting around looking exhausted. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z We drag the bag up O’Connell Avenue and we see people in their houses sitting around tables with all kinds of decorations and bright lights. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I am sitting around the breakfast table with my family, drinking hot coffee, laughing at Teddy’s chocolate-chip mustache. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The artifact still hadn’t been detonated, so its new owner still had it sitting around somewhere, waiting for the right time to use it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We still sat around him, waiting to see what would come out of his bag. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z What wouldn’t he have given to be one of these people, sitting around laughing and talking, with nothing to worry about but homework? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The boy took the fish, and for the next hour the three of us sat around the kitchen table eating pickled herring and crackers and sugar cookies and milk. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Instead, we warmed our hands against the mugs as we sat around Dari’s picnic table. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I remembered going to the old cowboy movies and seeing the cowboys sitting around a campfire and the Indians sneaking up on them and making noises like owls and stuff. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The room beyond the doorway comes into focus, the haze from a trio of half-dressed ladies sitting around a table smoking cigarillos and playing cards. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I had a suspicion that my mother had called Jody and begged her to ask me out, so I wouldn't sit around in my room all day with the shades drawn. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z But a few evenings later, when several of us were sitting around a fire in the farmhouse, Ruth began telling us about the sort of office she’d ideally work in, and I immediately recognised it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z At night we sat around the fireplace and ate baked apples spiced with sugar and cinnamon and listened to the cuentos, the old stories of the people. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, honey, let me tell you something. You don’t survive, and that’s what I been doing all these years, you don’t survive sitting around expecting folks to act right.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, crowds of blue-shirted people sit around tables, typing on computers or bent over books or passing sheets of paper back and forth. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z They were sitting around the table in the kitchen, so the cup didn’t fall very far, and it didn’t break, just spilled tea. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The receptionist promised to pass on my message, but I couldn’t sit around waiting for a call. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z For a while, Miss Celia was working in the backyard all the time but now that crazy lady’s back to sitting around the bed again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We sit around the fire and eat, the chil- dren kneeling on the floor, my father on one stool, and me on the other. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We sit around the table, and Pop Pop and TJ are blabbing away about the pageant. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z "The white boy sits around while the black boy does all the work. Ain't that right, Caveman?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Maybe, I thought, all that sitting around on the boat was making me paranoid. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z And of myself—older, too, sitting around with him in some smoky room, the two of us repeating this exchange for the thousandth time. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Her face is turned, not toward the people sitting around me, but toward the city we pass as the bus lurches forward. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The others sitting around the fire stirred uneasily. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z So Sam, Ford, and I sit around, waiting for her to explode. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Who sits around without a shirt on, plucking a mandolin? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Every morning, my family sat around a large table of reworked red oak and ate either seven-grain cereal, with honey and molasses, or seven-grain pancakes, also with honey and molasses. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They sat around a low table in silence. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “All you do is sit around in those bakeries and write poetry.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z We changed into the dry clothes we could find and sat around the fire, warming ourselves and drying our shoes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z We sat around a fire built with dry cow chips and told stories while shaking out grain from ears of corn. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s an hour before sunset when we sit around the outdoor table. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Harry went down to breakfast the next morning to find the three Dursleys already sitting around the kitchen table. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Sam and Alice were sitting around a small fire, cracking hickory nuts and putting the meats in clay tureens for the winter. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z We went in and found that every hiker for twenty miles was already there, several of them sitting around a wood stove eating chili or ice cream and looking rosy cheeked and warm and clean. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It is a scene of peasants sitting around a table eating potatoes. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Miles away, at the Arables’ house, the men sat around the kitchen table eating a dish of canned peaches and talking over the events of the day. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid you’ll get bored just sitting around with me all day. I want you to make friends your own age. I’m sure there are some nice girls your age somewhere around.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I know I just couldn’t sit around all month waiting for a check. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat around the campfire until it was nothing but coals. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z You think they’re just sitting around out there, but these crooks are always conniving.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Honey,” Paige said, “it would take a lot more than God and Virgil Hedgepath to get me to one of those godawful boring teas where those dumb wives sit around counting each other’s wrinkles.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Those sitting around the fire grew perfectly still, their expressions intent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Sure you could,” the man said, “but having it sit around here for too long might end up making more trouble than you want. We’ll keep it quiet, and you’ll get your money.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The cons don’t sit around watching us...do they? Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Like we’re an old New York couple just sitting around doing nothing.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The first morning after Westley’s departure, Buttercup thought she was entitled to do nothing more than sit around moping and feeling sorry for herself. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “You make it sound as though we were just sitting around having a splendid time while you moan and take on.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Did a group of people sit around and cast their votes on initiating the Hunger Games? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z When I got home I told my sisters and my mom about the party as we sat around our big wooden kitchen table. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The only generic hospital garb sitting around are those embarrassing gowns that they put the patients in. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mighty Mibsters challenged us again,” Ira told us as we sat around Pork Chop’s granny’s kitchen, picking at food. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s hard to avoid,” Manet said carefully, with a significant look to the people sitting around us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They sat around him, lost for words, while Riccio, who passed around the remaining pastries, recounted in great detail how Prosper had coolly held his own against Barbarossa. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z And there were more people sitting around than I first thought too, mostly it was men and big boys, but there were a couple of women every now and then and a kid or two. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “So we just sit around and wait for the fire or another bomb to kill us?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “As long as by ‘cocaptain’ you mean the guy who sits around watching you do everything.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z We would sit around late at night and make up stories about the pictures in the sky: lions, dogs, bears, hunterfolk. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When the people sat around on the porch and passed around the pictures of their thoughts for the others to look at and see, it was nice. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z A few torches burned in. sconces at the near end where a group of Ser Amory's guards sat around a scarred wooden table, talking and playing at tiles. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The fourteen mice sat around a piece of wood balanced on spools of thread and listened in horror while Despereaux's father related the story of what Furlough had seen. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Charlise doesn't really like balling with me, but it's much better than just sitting around chatting and chirping like two birds, she says. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The people sit around the table as if suspended, like props in a play, or puppets on strings. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We would be sitting around, in our usual zoned-out state, and someone would suddenly cry. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I'm not sure though, I may just sit around and program while I have the time. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry, Hermione, and Ginny were sitting around him; they had spent all day waiting outside the double doors, trying to see inside whenever somebody went in or out. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z When guys in camouflage pants and hunting hats sat around in the Four Aces Diner talking about fearsome things done out-of-doors, I would no longer have to feel like such a cupcake. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z They would sit around the hearth, knitting or making pillows from goose feathers. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z And a few minutes later, we sat around a table with a kebab roll each. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He said government employees probably sat around a table and talked for an hour about what to call the camps. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Most of the day was spent sitting around. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tonight is for prayer. For the family. For the lawyers on the case. I understand your anger, but, son—” “Prayer? You mean y’all just gonna sit around and pray about it?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The three of us sit around a small table and discuss possible projects while Mrs. Johnson flips through a pile of scripts on her desk. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It lashed in rhythmic waves against the windows of the white, brightly lit kitchen as we guests sat around the table and ate a silent, cheerless breakfast of coffee and Pop Tarts. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They had spread a blanket near a fire and hung a lantern on a tree and they sat around the blanket slapping bugs in die dark, surrounded by campfires, laughter and music. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t see no need for you and Sister McDonald to sit around and talk about it all the time,” he said, then. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “This stuff’s just been sitting around. Think of them as borrowed. We’ll lug ’em back here once your project’s finished.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z We sat around making small talk and watching one another's hands. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Thank you for the cocoa, but I have better things to do than sit around and let you insult me.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Between delivering the hash around town, I sat around the bizarre lobby at the Chelsea, smoked hash, and updated the ship's log. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z They sat around the kitchen table and went to work decorating the box. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They sat around the oval conference table in Aunty Onenu’s large office. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The rest of us sat around or played three- man basketball. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Right before breakfast, Jaden brought me into the TV room and introduced me to all the posers sitting around on the couches watching a rap video. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I hadn’t at first been too keen on this development, remembering how the previous summer we’d all sat around together in the grass right outside the Cottages. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ever since the riots and protests last year, I’ve been inspired to do something. I can’t just sit around and let things happen anymore. We were hoping you’d feel the same way.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z When you sat around with people, regular people with teacups and nutcrackers, they just wanted to get to know you. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z As Saline and I sat around the courthouse, we realized that his girlfriend lived and worked not too far from my home. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for sitting around the house, checking on his land, and doing business at the courthouse, the only thing Grampa did that wasn’t just regular living was his work on the White Citizens’ Council. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I could see small clusters of soldiers sitting around. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever Papa had gone to the big market in Mologa, Anya’s whole family had always sat around their table for a minute, silent. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Momma opened boxes of crispy crackers and we sat around the meat block at the rear of the Store. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the five-year-old son of an indifferent mother; all of whose interests sat around the door of the Time and a Half Pool Hall. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, they just sit around watching really boring documentaries that only geniuses would find entertaining. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She and Pheoby Watson visited back and forth and once in awhile sat around the lakes and fished. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I remembered the food on the table in my old apartment in Podgórze, and all my family sitting around me. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z We looked at each other sitting around the fire and angrily changed our magazines and went out to get rid of the attackers for good. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z We would gather chairs from all over the house and sit around the big dining room table to eat. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He looked at the men sitting around the store. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “I did not join the Marines to stand in front of a blackboard,” Johnny Manuelito said as a group of us sat around together in the mess hall on our last day at Camp Elliott. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of the visiting family members lingered at our house, sitting around the big table in the main room, everybody laughing and eating peanuts, peeling oranges, and laughing more. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z At those hobo camps, they would sit around and lie their heads off all day. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Actually, mostly Canton just sat around the front of the building listening to Mr. Munch complain about things like the school bathrooms. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “Her foster families had done everything for her—bathed her, fed her, brushed her teeth. She just sat around like a slug, waiting to be cared for like the Queen of Sheba.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But those who sit around her go on asking the old questions— a few who miss their master still, and those who eat his house up, and go free. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat around the table, drinking and laughing and smiling, but then we got kind of quiet. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z A half dozen men sat around the fireplace at one end of the store or leaned against the counters and cracker barrels. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z A boom box played mellow indie rock as they all sat around their campfire eating and talking and laughing. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z We sit around two long tables pushed together, as if we’re going to be doing homework or taking tests. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “What’s your hurry? Don’t you want to sit around and visit with an old pal?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “To production, I mean. Two weeks sitting around your house doing nothing just means two weeks of being hungry for most people.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “This is really happening, you guys,” I exclaimed to my sisters as we sat around our dining room table and passed the dresses and tunics around between us. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z We were sitting around the hibachi, feeling all modern and posh. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The three of them were sitting around the campfire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A family sitting around a pair of Shabbos candles, surrounded by a barrier that observers could peek and prod through. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z All he does is belch beer and scream at her to bring him and his buddies more while they sit around playing dominos or watching fights on TV. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Nigerians, Ugandans, Kenyans, Ghanaians, South Africans, Tanzanians, Zimbabweans, one Congolese, and one Guinean sat around eating, talking, fueling spirits, and their different accents formed meshes of solacing sounds. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z On the silent TV a beautiful happy family is sitting around the kitchen table. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This was what I liked most about my friends: just sitting around and telling stories. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The next afternoon we sat around a table at Calaca, I and I told the band my idea. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z We all sit around the kitchen table, but it’s the quietest dinner in Carter family history. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The four Earth Men sat around a wooden table, their bleak heads bent over their whispers. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Sunny shrieked, which meant “I’d much prefer gardening to sitting around watching my siblings struggle through law books.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “Now, Noah, I’m not tellin’ you to sit around and wait for me. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Down below, the members of the Animal Fanciers’ Society sat around the dry fountain and sipped tea. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It's a relief to be doing something after sitting around all afternoon. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I remembered the rainy afternoon at my grandmother’s when we were all sitting around reading and I had come to a word that I didn’t know. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z That night we sat around the fire and talked while the wind blew and the waves crashed against the shore. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z We see little kids just sitting around looking at us. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They sat around for a while drinking cider and listening to a Christmas carol program. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z So we sat around like any other night—Nancy and I on the couch, and Mr. Clutter in his chair, that stuffed rocker. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z While we are talking, Mrs. Thompson arrives home with two boxes of Krispy Kreme donuts and milk for us, and we sit around the kitchen table as Patrice tells us her new idea. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “John and I just sat around and smoked and talked about the world,” he said. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I struck up a pretty minuet and watched through my sliver of the doorway as they all entered, my preceptor among them, and sat around the table. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Families are sitting around a table of food, eating and laughing. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I watched as about fifty Cuban girls, of all ages, sat around eating their cereal, laughing and talking about the upcoming day. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “No. I’m just sick of being left to sit around while they have grand parties.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Had a bunch of cats sat around a boardroom table raising their paws? Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z All sitting around a blanket my parents had spread out over the grass, eating whatever it was my dad was grilling. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The fact that we sit around as we do, worrying seriously about how best to preserve the life of the earth, is itself the sharpest measure of our involvement. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z David, Daniel, Sammy, and I just sat around doing nothing, which was about as boring as it sounds. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The other men sat around slumped into their own sorrows, listening to the Nigerians trade their stories, sometimes laughing, sometimes self-pitying. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Back at their camp they all sat around and stared at James. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z After dessert, we sat around the table wondering what came next. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody sits around in front of the hotel. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I always thought that princesses were supposed to be quiet and proper and sit around looking royal. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z As we sat around our campfire that evening, eating a scratch meal from tins, I heard the distant, grunting roar of a lion. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z It looked like a hundred people were sitting around it, watching things bum or waiting for the food cooking in three big pots set up in the fire. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Another group just sat around looking at their phones. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The first-floor lobby opened up to a recreation room filled with some seventy-five boys sitting around waiting for the lunch bell to be sounded. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I drew him standing in our dining room, with Papa and his friends sitting around the table, launching paper airplanes at him. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Well, they don’t sit around reading stargazer books and eating Christmas cookies. They fly someplace exotic. On their parents’ private jet. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z They sit around the grill in a half-circle while the chef chops madly and simmers the beef and vegetables on the grill and makes the jokes he’s likely made a hundred times. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Suit yourself. I just think that there’s more to having friends than sitting around a table and letting them watch you eat a sandwich.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z We would then sit around, eating the ears of corn and telling tall tales. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A lot of people just sit around talking or gaming or making art, and they’re sometimes naked, and I kind of love that. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I heard that I didn't want to sit around waiting, either. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z So it’s not until we’re back sitting around the table in the kitchen of Morning Glory Cottage—me, Fina, Mom, Dad, and Lily—that I get to explain where we’ve been. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I spend thirteen hours every sol just sitting around while the solar panels charge the batteries. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He had the brandy bottle and glasses, and Eleanor thought that they must make a companionable little group, the four of them, sitting around Theodora’s room at four in the morning, drinking brandy. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Future engineers, physicists, doctors, all sat around me while we waited for the beginning of the annual “Beat Clinton” rally. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z So we sat around knocking our heads together, trying to figure out a way to get clothes. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Dark gold and soft brown were the old men who sat around Kapugen’s camp stove and talked to him by day and night. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z People, white folk anyway, would sit around waiting for news to come about the war. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They settled in, had a quick dinner, then sat around an empty spot in their tight quarters—no fire for fear of being seen. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I wondered if Russell Quitman would ever walk again or if Ada Taylor had sentenced herself to a life of sitting around and waiting on him hand and foot. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The Scholars greeted the visitor and moved into the room, some sitting around the table, some in the armchairs, and soon a buzz of conversation filled the air. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I dragged over a stool from the counter so the five of us could sit around the table. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "If he has extra money sitting around, maybe he should pay his child support." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z We all sat around in a little circle and looked at one another. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z How do you feel about all these deaths when you just sit around and think about it? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A bunch of soldiers were sitting around a table playing poker, and there was real money in the center of the table. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z While the rest of us are sitting around outside, in the hot Stockton sun, sweatin’ our balls off. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Otherwise, we’d buy a few beers and sit around and drink, talk about the day, listen to the gunshots in the distance. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They all sit around the table, their plates before them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I sit around for twelve hours with nothing to do. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Did they sit around eating burritos and coming up with ideas? The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z When we walked in, all of my major-subject teachers were sitting around a huge conference table, drinking coffee, laughing, grading papers. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Even with his bum arm, he’d probably do all the work while they sat around on their butts like they had today. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z There were two tables pushed together for a group to sit around, but Miss Lucy was there alone near the back. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In halls and offices people are sitting around thinking future thoughts about projects and bridges and fast-clicking trains underneath. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Marcus and a mixed group, some of whom looked familiar, were sitting around a patio table by the hot tub. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Then it cuts to five game analysts sitting around in the top tier of the Tokyo Dome, in a heated debate over which team would win and why. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He’s going to get a good education and my baby is not going to be sitting around here selling drugs or holding a gun on anybody. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We put the last of the coal on the fire and sit around telling stories which we make up the way Dad did. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “And relax—ya hear me? Tell the truth. Is it going to do any good to sit around and stew?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I remember my brothers sitting around the table talking very intently about what we were going to do, how we would keep the family together. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of us were still sitting around the kitchen table, awkward and inert, pretending to enjoy our second and third cups of coffee when Teddy’s wife marched in. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Rob decreed that Tuesday, May 7, would be a rest day, so we got up late and sat around Camp Two, buzzing with nervous anticipation over the imminent summit assault. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z It is a joy to sit around that wonderful fountain and to snack petit fours and sip espresso coffee. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “It will be very nice to have you at home for a vacation, of course, but it is a little hard to sweep with a man sitting around reading all day.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z There were endless hours of sitting around and watching for changes. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z The guys and me, we’re still sitting around like a bunch of scared kids. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z But before I knew it, our entire party was sitting around the campfire like a gang of renegades in an old Western. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The rest of us sit around, listening to one of Didu's old cassette tapes of Tagore songs. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “My father sitting around, staring at me. He’s stopped teaching me. He says he’ll tell me whatever I want to know, but that there’s no reason for lessons anymore.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They gathered together in the hall, sitting around two square tables pushed together, and ate salty flat bread and rabbit stewed with aromatic spices. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z None of us were used to sitting around too long. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z No more sitting around, waiting for someone else to take action. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z If he thinks I’m going to sit around crying over him, he’s got another thing coming. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They are all—except for Kee—sitting around the dining table. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z None of them knew how quickly as they sat around again that night, as Daddy sang once more about the foxes, as the fire burned and the miracle of the cream happened all over again. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Dozens of beautiful women were sitting around it, each sewing a copy. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z People were sitting around long tables with green-shaded lamps, reading newspapers and magazines. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z "But it's something to work on, Bobby, and it's not like you've got some other big plan, right? And you can't just sit around and feel sorry for yourself, do nothing for five days—right?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z August and Zach had already extracted most of the honey from her bee yards, but there were still several stacks of supers on pallets sitting around. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z First, we sat around in Laura’s living room and told stories; then we danced into the night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Oh, just my mother and father and uncle sitting around, talking. It's like being a pedestrian, only rarer. My uncle was arrested another time-did I tell you?-for being a pedestrian. Oh, we're most peculiar.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z We sit around the creaky table, and Thatha says, "Ready to pack your suitcase, Kabir? Were going to Chennai tomorrow, and were going to bring your mother—our daughter-in-law—back home." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z There, we sat around the fire to dry ourselves and eat dried fish. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z A happy home meant having everyone under one roof, sitting around the table, eating a peach cobbler or pecan pie. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z They sat around the Colvins’ small kitchen table sipping coffee and talking, while Hill took notes. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z We went to bed early that night and pretty much every other night because without electricity and with even candles getting pretty scarce, there wasn’t much point in sitting around in the dark. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They had three whole rooms—one for Phoebe and George, one for Aunt Daisy, and one for sitting around and doing nothing. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Alexa, her dad, and I sit around the table, and her mom sets down the star dish. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Upstairs at Charles and Camilla’s, everyone was sitting around the kitchen table with their sleeves rolled up, deep in Greek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Demigods never carried cell phones, because their signals attracted too much monstrous attention, and none of her friends would be sitting around checking their e-mail. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We all read, but I never had the feeling of togetherness I’d had in Battle Mountain when we all sat around in the depot with our books. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The family sat around Granny’s bed till nearly daybreak. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Harriet laughed at her, and told her this was easy, just sitting around like this, that the Underground Railroad wasn’t any train ride. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z As long as he had his tool belt, Leo Valdez wasn’t going to sit around helplessly watching the Demigod Death Channel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We sit around the fire and drink our tea and cry because we have no father, till Mam says, Don’t cry, don’t cry. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z We were in the library, sitting around the big oak table. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, as they sat around the fire eating cheddar sausages, the robbers were in awe of Ethelfritha. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Obiora brought the kerosene lamps out to the verandah and we sat around them, swatting at the tiny insects that blindly followed the yellow light and bumped against the glass bulbs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z When she began to sit around and walk around talking to herself—almost as though she was unaware that we were there—it became increasingly terrifying. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “We aren’t just going to sit around on our fat duffs and do nothing, are we?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I stand too, feeling jittery, wishing we could just sit around and eat donuts all afternoon. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z One day I heard Cradle advise one whose two weeks of vacation were coming up that he “shouldn’t just sit around at home, like all the other COs do on vacation. Go somewhere.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A man next to me said, “I’d rather be shot than sit around and watch my kids go hungry.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He had a deep streak of sloppy sentimentality to him and he loved to sit around fires singing sad songs of home. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He wonders if it shows all over him where he's been, and grins, thinking back on the sweet little number not much older than some of the little sirens sitting around the table now. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z If Helen or Theresa had walked into the room as he was talking, so that he had had to hang up, he probably would sit around less. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z If you sat around there long enough and heard all the phonies applauding and all, you got to hate everybody in the world, I swear you did. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z It was a room with a bunch of people sitting around hooked up to machines. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z We sat around a U- shaped counter drinking coffee. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Jason’s grandchildren sat around his feet, and he was trying to explain to them what had happened on this day in Athens. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She had probably spent the summer sitting around her dad’s apartment alone while he was at work. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z We sat around the big, old mahogany table in the dining room, discussing a plan to save her job. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Later that night, the García girls and I sit around the bedroom we all share, talking about how much we all ate and how we’re all going on diets tomorrow. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z August didn’t like her honey to sit around waiting too long, because the flavor got lost. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "You're the one who said I shouldn't just sit around for five days and do nothing, remember? So are you ready for a little field trip?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to picture her sitting around a campfire with a book on her head. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The great thing about Sherlock Holmes is, he never sat around looking for theories. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat around in the little yard where they usually brought us during our visits if the weather was good. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The sweet-sour smell of cherry pie filled the kitchen where the four of them sat around the table without appetite for food or speech. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Instead of taking care of them, she did almost nothing but sit around eating most of the food their mother had prepared. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Shorty would have been out of his mind, rubbing elbows with these guys, up close, just sitting around the bar. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z We spend our days this way, sitting around, talking, laughing, and loving each other again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Fourteen people out on the stoops, sitting around because there wasn’t any boring thing else to do in boring Marysville. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It’s a family of peasants sitting around a table eating. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “He died, and home was a place to sit around or work around, waiting for death the way you might wait for a dreadful picnic.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Even the slaves. Not much else to talk about around here, unless you want to sit around comparing bruises.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z "Like X-Ray said. Working so hard in the hot sun, while Caveman just sits around doing nothing. My blood boiled." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z If the Foster clan doesn’t even have a hundred smackers sitting around a crummy Mellon Bank account, not even E.T.: Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z A group of guys started an "astral projection" circle, where they would sit around a card table and concentrate on breaking down all their molecules into subatomic material and drifting through the fences. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z To his eyes, Temp looked exactly like the other twenty roaches sitting around. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z If they reach that, or get very old, they sit around looking at goings-on as though it were a five-cent triple feature on Saturday. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Although, as Stanley had expected, the other boys didn't like to see Stanley sitting around while they were working. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I’ve never heard a news story about people in Pakistan sitting around drinking chai and making jokes. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z She could work instead of sitting around on her butt all day painting pictures no one ever wanted to buy. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We sit around with our shirts on our knees, our bodies naked to the warm air and our hands at work. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z So as we sat around the campfire later Uncle talked while Auntie nodded as if he were telling fascinating stories. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Now on the afternoon when Hazel was out collecting with Doc in the Great Tide Pool, the boys were sitting around in the Palace sipping the result of Eddie’s latest contribution. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Jessica and I sat around with some books, but even she found it difficult to focus enough to read. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z So strange, to sit around the table and feel like everything and nothing has changed all at once. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The fellas and I sat around playing marbles. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Several men collected at Tea Cake’s house and sat around stuffing courage into each other’s ears. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Sometimes, after the programs, we would sit around and talk about all kinds of things, current events and other things, for an hour or more. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s how it often is when we all sit around together. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Suddenly there were four men sitting around the table, playing cards. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z We sat around the coffee table in our living room,just as we had the year before, after I got arrested. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z We were all sitting around on the rail outside of Big Joe’s place, trying to figure out which was the best fighter of all time. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Weeks later, though, back on the Canal, several of us code talkers were sitting around when a jeep pulled up to our tent. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Because I'm not going to just sit around and wait for stuff to happen anymore. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought with us guys sitting around, Dad. You know, just drinking and talking. We could all relax.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We sit around the house waiting for the sun to come out so we can go outside. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “I thought you lot just sat around reading books.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It had been moved to the middle of the room, so everyone could sit around me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z With that the others sat around him, the puppies scattered between them. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Nine of them sit around the square table, knees pressed to knees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In the alleys, a few beggars sat around a fire and listened to a man without arms or legs tell a story. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z So the rest of the morning we sat around reading the parts for the play. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Half a dozen boys were sitting around Slughorn, all on harder or lower seats than his, and all in their mid-teens. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Five or six old men were already sitting around in there, talking crops and fussing about the gov’ment in Washington while they cut one another’s hair. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Then the whole gigantic family sat around forever, visiting, waiting for dinner to appear. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Everyone sat around the table with contented smiles. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z At night, as they sat around the fire, the boy related to the driver his adventures as a shepherd. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It had never occurred to Jesse that parents were meant to be understood .any more than the safe at the Millsburg First National was sitting around begging him to crack it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I put in my contact lenses and get changed early, and then I sit around in the girls’ dressing room waiting for Abby. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Bear in mind we are not office workers, sitting around idling at the basal metabolic rate. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Dennis used to sit around with stacks of sheet music when I first met him, scribbling at it and scoring it out. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Only seven or so blocks from our homes, drug dealers hang out by the town courts and old men sit around drinking from brown paper bags. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know one that I heard myself. While ago we sat around a fire, talked on Darwin. Evolution. You read about it?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The squad had just got some new barrels for the sixties and two new M-79 S. They were sitting around a tin can full of carbon tet cleaning the cosmolene off the weapons. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He barked at the rest of us, still sitting around the fireplace, “Who was the last person to see Mr. and Mrs. Angel alive?” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “No more sitting around, letting others tell us what we can or can’t do. No more waiting.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Lucas mostly sat around the kitchen with a blanket over his lap. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Haliax’s hooded face swept back and forth to look at each of the figures sitting around the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Papa called that evening, as we sat around the kerosene lamp on the verandah. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I sure didn’t want to go sit around at Grandpa’s house and listen to Cold Sassy pay its respects. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z A crowd waited there, standing idly, sitting around on scattered baggage. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z We all sat around the picnic table, cooking and eating. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Pops was laid off again and sitting around the house a lot. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “A few days. I’m supposed to just sit around and wait for a few days? I’ve got better things to do.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The three of them are sitting around the dining room table, candles jumping to the harpsichord music drifting from the speakers. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Glad to be doing anything other than sitting around in that room, Frankie grabbed a board, yanked it out of the wreckage, and threw it behind him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Dark-skinned women sat around her on all sides, each clad in gleaming white linen. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Three men sitting around the stove grinned at him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But for now, like always, we couldn’t sit around on the couches and contemplate our world and what might lie ahead. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z We all sat around a semicircle of stone steps, singing halfheartedly and watching the bonfire blaze while the Apollo guys strummed their guitars and picked their lyres. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I love the worn wood walls and the low light, and the quiet old men who sit around the bar in their nice pressed suits and talk about their street days. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Often, after we had done our day’s license plate quota, we would sit around, perhaps fifteen of us, and listen to Bimbi. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Today, pretty much every teacher just let the kids sit around and talk after we handed in our textbooks. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z My brother told this one story where the whole team was sitting around the locker room, talking about all the stuff they had to do to get into college football. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z They all sat around a roaring fire on blankets and sleeping bags and they seemed to all be Native, like me. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It wasn’t any fun sitting around their apartment all the time. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Together we walked a few dozen feet to a small cafe where everyone was sitting around a few small bistro tables. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z We sat around the table with the serving dishes spread out before us. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Go on,” said all the people sitting around. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Then we played a game where we made up life stories for the people sitting around us. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z For a time, on that faraway island, we were just Indians sitting around a fire and eating. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, my family sat around, playing Rook and talking so I couldn’t understand them. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z "Do you mind if I come up and sit around the office?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He sits around in his room with the door locked and does lines and listens to this song by the Buffalo Springfield, over and over...you know that one? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Ask me, this woman doesn’t take enough exercise, sitting around the house all day. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Used to be we’d sit around the sugar fire and sing and sing.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z We sat around and talked in circles for a while, me and Mom and Dad and Michael. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The prints led Nathan to the end of a row of trucks where there was a group of people about Uncle Jet’s age sitting around a fire. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He grew up under the clouds, won glory of men till all his enemies sitting around him heard across the whaleroads his demands and gave him tribute. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z All Mr. Big Bucks Ballard did was sit around his big office wearing his nice white shirt and silk tie and telling everyone else what to do, he said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Great, I thought, because sitting around my house was driving me crazy. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The zoo might be closed, but the animals apparently aren’t just sitting around. Siberian zoo sees boom of animal births during lockdown 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z His mother, a dressmaker, worked in it all day long with her sewing machine and her customers sitting around in their robes. Edmund White's top 10 New York books 2011-01-12T12:24:11Z The other women sitting around the table winced. The long five minutes: Abortion doulas bring comfort during a complicated time 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z I've been working with her for four years, and every day I go into the studio and we just sit around and eat cupcakes and talk and I tell her everything about my life. Cyrus steps out of tween idolhood toward "Liberty" 2010-06-19T00:57:00Z The sitting around in an office in London thinking about wouldn’t it be funny if Johnny did this or did that — that’s fun. For Rowan Atkinson, Comedy Isn’t Always a Laughing Matter 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z A strange skit called “#Grow a Guy” featured a group of friends roasting marshmallows, with one guy accused of have no other friends than the ones sitting around him. SNL: Watch James Franco and Seth Rogen Address Sony Hack 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z Artisanal cafes sit around the corner from shops selling African relics, and opposite the famous Apollo Theatre there's now a branch of American Apparel. A$AP Rocky: 'We're grungy but we live like rock stars' 2012-06-01T23:04:00Z He used a lot of that time sitting around to think about how great it was to fulfill a lifelong dream. Superfan Jason Segel hangs with Muppets 2011-11-25T21:54:04Z Do you all cycle through the same authors, sit around in Beirut and Prague, passing paperbacks back and forth? Valerie Plame has one regret: “I wish I had the maturity and courage to have pushed back more” 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z “It’s a testament to the durability of film. This has been sitting around for forty years, and so much of it looks great right out of the can.” How Orson Welles’s “The Other Side of the Wind” Was Rescued from Oblivion 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z His complaint was: "Publishers are sitting around saying: 'Woe is me.'" James Patterson: a life in writing 2013-05-11T08:02:02Z Then we did a scene from “Top Secret,” and then we all sat around chatting and taking photos and videos. ArtsBeat: An Unusual Theater Revival in China: American Play About Press Freedom 2013-06-04T13:13:00Z Because, really, if we’re just sitting around — talking, eating, working — shouldn’t we be fixing our skin, too? Can One LED Light Give You Perfect Skin? 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z I remember as a kid sitting around the dining-room table talking with artists. John Jacobsen's 'The Artist Toolbox' probes creative process 2011-01-22T01:06:10Z A gospel choir sang while everyone sat around and glanced at Ms. Schumacher’s empty chair and at each other. In Good Spirits 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z He only goes to school because just sitting around waiting for the Mogadorians to come kill him is even more boring than Calculus. Movie Review: Why I'm So Glad I Am Not Number Four 2011-02-17T10:15:00Z And the cops would just sit around and be happy they had nothing to do. 'All the hood rats would jam with us': Grandmaster Flash, AJ Tracey and other artists on the generation gap 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z “I didn’t want to sit around here doing nothing.” A 90-year-old Chevy Chase man spent months making masks. In return, he got a birthday parade. 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z “Is the concept of people sitting around in goggles going to pollute the concept of ironic self-referentiality?” The Word of the Year Goes Goblin Mode 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z We sat around in the summer of 2000, Lisa, Rob, and I, and we came up with this scheme that a lot of people hated. Laura Lippman on turning true crime into fiction: "Am I not appropriating somebody's story?" 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z You didn’t sit around and have a big dose of it. Where John Fogerty's Songs Come From 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z “But I doubt very many people in country radio are sitting around embarrassed about it.” Why Kacey Musgraves, who keeps winning awards, still can’t get a country radio hit 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Lots of guys sitting around in Dockers and pocket T-shirts, wholly unaware of any changes in fashion in the past decade, stuck in a time-bubble from before Banana Republic used gay-boys to do their ads. What I learned in the writers’ room: These guys don’t know s*** about pleasing a woman! 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z A group of conducting students and members of the conductors’ orchestra, far more anonymous and in their 20s, sat around him. He Sings, He Conducts (and He's Not Bad on the Oboe) 2010-08-03T20:53:00Z But other songs will sit around for five or six years, or ten years — and then one day, ten years later, for some reason you'll write the third verse. The secret to Jim James’ solo album “Uniform Distortion”: “Turn off your phone and open y... 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Everybody got a chance to shine, and I learned that from “The Garry Moore Show,” because I remember sitting around the table, reading the script, and Garry had a funny line or two. Carol Burnett Taps Into Her Inner Child for Adult Advice 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z But one day it occurred to me that I had to wait 16 years until I got my pension, and the idea of sitting around waiting felt like no way to live. I gave it all up … to dive in the Seychelles 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z So we were sitting around thinking, “Who would be the perfect guest star?” Sam Esmail on ‘Mr. Robot,’ His Special Guest Star and That Opening Segment 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Hall recalls a moment just after Kyle’s funeral, where he was sitting around a pool deck in Texas with about 15 SEALs. American Sniper Screenwriter Jason Hall: 'I Bled For This Thing' 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z And I love “Happy Days,” but, you know, people sit around water coolers now and they're like, “Don't tell me what happened!” Tough scenes, rocky starts: Six TV drama actors dish 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Her research for the novel took her across north India, where she sat around fires with villagers as they related accounts of the queen that had been passed down through generations. Mahasweta Devi, Bengali Writer and Activist Who Fought Injustice, Dies at 90 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z He seems like an aging, impotent, vaguely erudite hippie who sits around smoking bowls and boring people with his monologues about Timothy Leary and Tibetan meditation. Pick of the week: "Down Terrace" 2010-10-22T11:01:00Z “Men aren’t encouraged to talk about their feelings or emotions in public. When your friend gets divorced, you don’t sit around with the guys wondering, ‘How do you think Jon feels about getting divorced?’” Men Have Book Clubs, Too 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z A: I could torture myself sitting around and comparing my career to others, but that’s just ridiculous. Richard Marx reflects on fame with a healthy dose of self-deprecation 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z For instance, when the London lads sit around indoors playing videogames, their Amish counterparts quickly grow unbelievably bored. Charlie Brooker's Screen burn: Amish: The World's Squarest Teenagers 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z He invited friends and friends of friends to sit around his dining room table and formally discuss topics from the business of psychedelics to their health benefits. Smarty Party 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z That’s a godsend, because the most important part of the meal isn’t actually what’s on the table, but the chance to connect with the people sitting around it, and to reflect about gratitude. The ultimate guide to your first stress-free Thanksgiving 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z A bucket of Oscar bait that’s been sitting around for some two years, “The Current War” may still find an audience. ‘The Current War’ Review: Edison vs. Westinghouse, Down to the Wire 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z They were designed to sit around a substantial marble coffee table; for casual dining? a place to play board games? New pool house is an elegant Norman conquest 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z “This is such a deep and rich food tradition,” Ms. Jamison said, “but rarely do people get to sit around and talk about it.” Santa Fe Food Festival Revels in the Regional 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Sitting around a cozy New Jersey bar counter is nothing like going out in New York — it’s almost like sitting around the kitchen table. Neighborhood Cheer: Big TVs and Flowing Taps 2010-12-23T22:35:49Z He said he saw the same truth in the Judd Apatow movie “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” in which male friends sit around playing video games and talking about sex and women’s bodies. A Raw Voice of Young Manhood Makes a Bid for Literary Respect 2011-06-22T21:09:48Z And then given the time that we were working in, ’63, ’64, you realized you can’t just sit around and make records. Keith Richards on ‘Crosseyed Heart’: It’s Solo Rock ’n’ Roll, but He Likes It 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z In this novel people are always stood or sat around, as though placed there by invisible stage managers. Wild Abandon by Joe Dunthorne ? review 2011-07-29T21:58:00Z If they were on other drugs, they’d just sit around, going “Wow, man.” Michael Caine: ‘Boy, did we have fun…’ 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z “We don’t sit around and tell war stories; we’re like family,” he said. Outside Charleston, three acres of Vietnam live in South Carolina’s Lowcountry 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Appearance: Clear, at first; green, if you leave it sitting around for a while. Raw water: the unsterilised health craze that could give you diarrhoea 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z But when sitting around the table and you talk about what's most important, none of them mentioned the quality of the food. A family dinner is never actually about how good the food is, says Andrew Zimmern 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z And what’s not to enjoy about sitting around a tropical pool with friends, eating tasty and plentiful meals, drinking and reading? Adventures in unspoiled Vanuatu, the islands of highs and lows It’s the perfect companion for sitting around the fire drinking cocoa on Christmas Eve, or for standing in the median yelling at passing cars during rush hour. Bask in the absurdity of this 2018 #MAGA gift guide 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z I also love him sitting around in his argyle socks, like a little kid.” Dean Strang is Making a Murderer’s unlikely sex symbol 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z "We would talk about it sitting around dinner," he said, adding, "My mom also helped inject humor into the stories." 'Encyclopedia Brown' author Sobol dies at 87 2012-07-16T18:36:08Z Friends and family positioned themselves throughout the home’s porch, sitting around jugs filled to the brim with homemade rice wine. Deported and 9,000 Miles Apart, but ‘You Stay With the Person You Love’ 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z “What’re you getting all dressed up for, just to sit around the house on Sunday?” Was my grandfather Batman? 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Whether through the filter of a buzz or through a director’s tinkering or through seemingly meaningless chatter, whoever’s sitting around the taps can tap into tragedy, hope, and of course, truth. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets: the story of the drunkest film of the year 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z “Everybody stays in the piazza. Everybody sits around the fire telling the old stories.” Review | A meditation on race, class — and murder — set in one of Europe’s most storied cities 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Because I think it's very easy for people to just sit around. Stevie Nicks on her life in isolation: "We have to believe" 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z A jazz singer performs on weekends, not dolled up but with a voice that’s smoother than late-night radio, and the regulars sit around her piano, making requests. 2010-01-29T05:08:00Z I think a lot about what food does when you put it on a table, and there's people sitting around the table. Julia Turshen unites healthy and comfort in the kitchen: Delicious "does not have to be complicated" 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z He continued: “You’re at the mercy of the needle. You watch the record spin and it’s like you’re sitting around a campfire. It’s hypnotic.” ‘The Revenge of Analog’: See It. Feel It. Touch It. (Don’t Click) 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z “You can sit around and design all you want, but if you can’t get it into the stores, it’s absolutely nothing,” he said. Hip-Hop Welcomes Veteran Fashion Designer Mark McNairy 2014-03-12T23:01:45Z I have a large family, and at Thanksgiving, we were 35 sitting around several tables in my mother’s dining room, and that didn’t even include us all. Refreshing a Mother’s Memory With Love and Stories 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z "We were all bonding and sitting around the fire." Drama camp veteran in parade knows Sandy's pain 2012-11-23T04:16:05Z It sees women sitting around a table discussing the way that these victims have been talked about, the way that they are referred to or the way that they are not spoken of. "Your worst nightmare is to lose your child": Amy Ryan on her new Netflix film "Lost Girls" 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z "You sit around these tables with a really good teacher and 10 or 11 kids who want to be there. It's very stimulating; it's hard to beat." James Patterson is on a mission to #saveourbooks 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Three young African American women are sitting around a conference table; they look up and smile at me brightly. A double standard in enforcing prostitution laws: “It’s economically advantageous to have [high-end sex work] going on” 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z While Pillowhead remembers sitting around during lunch break, "sharing an earphone each with friends or, if you were lucky, a girl". RIP Walkman: the soundtrack of your years 2010-10-27T12:03:00Z Several adults sat around one table with Harry, an adolescent boy of 12 or 13. Frisky moms, Porsche-demanding kids: A Santa-for-hire's Christmas in Los Angeles 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z “I’m not the kind of guy who has an ambition to pile up gold and sit around and stir the pot,” he said. The Greenbrier Resort Hopes to Preserve its Past. 2010-08-14T04:58:00Z When the Thames does ultimately break its barriers, I don't imagine people will sit around reviewing their domestic failures. Oikos 2010-09-01T20:30:00Z No internal monologues for me, I don't want anybody sitting around thinking. Kate Mosse: a life in writing 2012-10-12T21:55:18Z “They were sitting around and were like, ‘We need some Asians,'” Noah joked. Trevor Noah destroys ISIS: “Daily Show” takes down jihadi recruitment videos 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z In her book, The Path to Power, she wrote: "It is far better to do something badly than to sit around idly." The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – digested read 2013-04-07T17:30:01Z We’d sit around and talk and have a cup of tea. When Paul McCartney teamed up with Elvis Costello, the Beatle got back on track 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The idea, of course, was not just to survive on ham and cheese and baguettes and sit around cafes reading Le Monde by day and Flaubert by night. Frugal Traveler: L'Addition: How $100 Lasted a Weekend in Paris 2011-02-15T19:25:03Z “You just don’t want those kinds of things sitting around, getting lost or getting lifted,” she says. From preschoolers to college-bound teens: Back-to-school must-haves for kids of all ages 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Three teenagers were sitting around a table, unwrapping a cylinder of something I would later learn was gelignite, an explosive. Gene Weingarten: No guts, no glory 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z My dad loved Thanksgiving and all of our traditional dishes; I know he'd be so happy to see those precise dishes on the table, complete with all of us sitting around it. Honoring my dad with my mom's Thanksgiving stuffing 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Has a nice bit of interplay with Boyega as flying buddies, but a fair bit of sitting around waiting for the plot to catch up with him otherwise. The Force Awakens: is the acting strong in this one? 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z My three boys would drag home all sorts of junk that just sat around their rooms, the basement or garage. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Big complaint about tiny type 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z One evening as we all sat around the dining room table, my husband explained the situation. Modern Love: The Complexity in a Sperm Donation - Modern Love 2013-06-03T20:04:42Z But I was determined not to sit around and watch my life deteriorate. Charles Bradley pours tragic life into soul-searing music 2012-02-17T15:22:00Z “I don’t see the point in apologising for existing as a single woman or sitting around feeling like I am waiting for my life to start,” says Slawson. Self-partnered: the sudden, surprising rise of the single positivity movement 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z “They don’t sit around like we did growing up, saying, ‘Did you see this last night?’ MTV Searches for ‘Jersey Shore’ Magic on the Florida Panhandle 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z "For me, I would rather stay busy and do coverage than sit around and adhere" to the guidelines, said Alanis, who in addition to coverage completed occasional administrative tasks. Interns remain unpaid at Lionsgate despite lawsuits elsewhere 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z He likes to imagine the first Australians who became neighbors, sitting around a fire, discussing where to set up their homes and how to work together. He Wants to Save the Present With the Indigenous Past 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Then Andi leaves, and the men sit around to talk about their feelings. RECAP: The Bachelorette Watch: Italian Cheese and Whine 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Pattinson told reporters on Wednesday that "I like the idea of sitting around all day, being a bear and then eating pastries." Pattinson: Former vampire joins the circus 2011-04-27T14:12:08Z Give a man a problem and he'll pretend he's all over it, and then he'll sit around in his dirty underwear eating dill pickles straight out of the jar like he always does. "Rescue Me": The tragedy of the modern guy's guy 2010-06-29T15:01:00Z “Then we did our own stories and sat around talking. It was almost like a rehearsal for a rehearsal.” The Carpetbagger: On the Porch in ‘Osage County’ 2013-12-30T17:30:32Z On a snowy afternoon in a Midtown Manhattan studio Ms. Turner; the writers; the director, David Esbjornson; and several others sat around a table and dissected the opening scene. Loving Molly Ivins, and Getting Her to the Stage 2010-03-20T04:13:00Z His follower count currently sits around 14 million. James Charles casts doubt on sexual harassment allegations 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z “So what do you do? Do you just sit around and go, ‘That’s just how it is?’ Pearl Jam’s ‘unprecedented’ Home Shows hit Seattle at pivotal time in homeless debate 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Wendell Martin, 52, said the film wasn’t the kind of movie he would sit around in the barber shop and talk about with the brothers. ‘The Color Purple’ movie is turning 35. Its impact on audiences is ageless. 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z He likes to spend a lot of time sitting around a table with his company, working on the text. Robert Falls, Midwesterner at heart, warms to L.A. for 'Luna Gale' 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z We sat around a coffee table, avoiding eye contact, counting down the minutes until he would put his hand on the small of my back, ushering me into a cab. The end of casual sex 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z “We’re given a negative connotation — that we sit around and don’t do anything, and we don’t have to abide by that,” he said. BYkids Pairs Beginning and Professional Filmmakers 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z When Benson and Al Cleveland dropped round to pitch the song to him he was sitting around the piano working on an idea with two of the players who would later appear on the track. What's going on? 2011-05-20T07:09:41Z On his original podcasts Mr. Gervais and his colleagues sit around small rooms in front of a jumpy camera. Television Review | 'The Ricky Gervais Show': Taking the Podcast Back to a Simpler Time 2010-02-19T07:08:00Z We probably overuse the word, but I don’t think people are sitting around and trying to find it that much. That Intense New Character on ‘You’? Victoria Pedretti ‘Had the Tools’ 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z "The inference that the state fire marshals sitting around the table are easily led by this Svengali — there were arguments back and forth of what we should get involved in," Brace said in an interview. Big Tobacco wins fire marshals as allies in flame retardant push 2012-05-08T05:00:00Z Almost immediately, we stumbled into a clearing, where 10 men sat around preparing and drinking palm wine, the soft, delicious liquor used in several sacred rites. In Senegal, a Coastal Region Sees a Resurgence 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Also, it was a reprieve from the usual half hour of sitting around gawking at colleagues, while waiting for the runway show to start. On the Runway Blog: Before Armani's Show, a Look at the Past 2012-09-23T19:09:48Z You can't sit around waiting for the muse, especially when you run a show and you're in production and an outline is due, a script is due and a reshoot is due. 'Fargo' mastermind Noah Hawley makes stranger-than-fiction real 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z And I was in Richmond, Va., shooting a movie and I thought, “I’ve gotta write something. I’m sitting around a lot.” Hamish Linklater on writing laughs into a play about death 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z The play begins with several survivors sitting around a campfire trying to recall their favourite episode of The Simpsons. Will The Simpsons survive the apocalypse? 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Two nights earlier, Eric and his then fiancee had sat around a campfire with a new friend, all tripping. Welcome to the trip of your life: the rise of underground LSD guides 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z In the opening titles of Roseanne, we see the Conner family sitting around a table together, laughing, squabbling, eating, and generally loving one another. Modern family: how Roseanne deals with the political divide at home 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z We all sit around patting ourselves on the back, and for what? The many layers of Caitlin Stasey: 'A lot of people think I'm a really angry person' 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z I arrived on a Friday in January and spent that evening in the common tent, sitting around the wood stove with a group of friends from Denver. A Colorado Ski Area With No Lift Lines? This One Has No Lifts at All. 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Reality Hunger" that "a few years ago no one wondered where memoir gave way to fiction, now readers and writers alike sit around and argue about it. Local books: Korean story translations, paranormal romance and pioneering black athletes 2011-02-08T00:49:06Z During one recent session of the "Naked School" at the Hinodeyu bath house, nine men sat around the bath, listening to an expert on the ancient board game Go. Japan bathhouse offers 'naked school' to lure bathers 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z In a late scene the members of the quartet sit around watching what seems to be a relatively recent documentary or television show, in which Robert rhapsodizes about the Fugue. A Late Quartet: Harmonic Divergence Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken and Catherine Keener 2012-11-01T16:04:18Z And so when he sits around, so does the movie. Plot Twist! Why 2004 Was a Surprising Year for Movies 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z We sat around a massive wooden table in Mr. Sartori’s tasting room, the famously golden Tuscan sunlight spilling over our shoulders, three bottles resting on a tray in the middle, waiting for judgment. Italy’s Treasured Olive Oil, at the Source 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z JoJo says her career struggles left her feeling depressed and angry at times, but she wasn’t idly sitting around and shaking her fist at the sky, either. The Return of JoJo: I'll Be Paying Back My Lawyers 'For Years' 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z I don’t think I’d co-write an advice book these days — I think I’d prefer really sitting around with my friends gossiping about how we feel about how we look, and not committing it to print. Susan Orlean: “The Nineties were more thin-crazy than the present time” 2014-01-28T15:35:00Z We sat around talking for a while, and then Abbie got sleepy, so I took my leave. How I spent Christmas of 1968 — in dirty, snowy, brilliant, thrilling New York City 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z Mine certainly were, most often spent with my grandparents in north Mississippi with aunts, uncles and cousins; playing games, riding horses, sitting around the fireplace and having second helpings of our favorite desserts. Try my grandmother's comforting cornbread dressing which anchors all my holiday meals 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z As Bud, the beleaguered pack rat, says: “I don’t want to just sit around! That’s what humans do.” Can Puppets Save the World From Extinction? 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z During the counselors’ orientation, we all sat around in one of those big get-to-know-you circles and I had immediately zeroed in on the head counselor. I fooled around with the rabbi 2013-02-10T02:00:00Z People who've barely said a word in years, who don't recognize their own children, who sit around nursing homes like the living dead. 'Alive Inside' a joyful look at music's key to unlock dementia 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z But I think the truth of it is money is a wonderful jumping-off point, to sit around and say “What would you do?” | Sarah Jessica Parker, Star of the Off-Broadway Play ‘The Commons of Pensacola’ 2014-01-30T14:01:00Z So he sits around, throws a little fit every once in a while and gives people ugly tattoos — which means his trouble sticks to them. ‘The King of Staten Island’ Review: Pete Davidson Gets (Even More) Personal 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Now they all just kind of sit around and stamp their feet. Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita: One Sings, the Other Doesn't 2012-04-10T12:00:32Z I pictured sitting around a table with perhaps a dozen people. Perspective | My bad news judgment hurt Buffalo’s black community. Ten years later, the lessons linger. 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z "We don't want to sit around and eat lettuce all day," local radio DJ Rod Willis told Oliver when the chef appeared on his radio show during the first episode. Jamie Oliver: Taking the revolution to president 2010-03-25T21:35:00Z “You thought you were all gonna grow old together, sitting around the table at Sunday dinner, happily ever after. It doesn’t work like that, Rick. Not any more.” The Walking Dead season seven premiere: The Day Will Come When You Won't Be 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z She can sit around a campfire and talk trash with the best of them. Sandra wins "Survivor," but can the show be saved? 2010-05-17T12:35:00Z Last year, one high-end shopping mall featured a display of life-sized mannequins sitting around a fireplace, each entirely covered in pink-and-purple yarn. My atheist Christmas in China 2013-12-24T00:00:00Z Bloggers largely scoffed at the threat, but Park Life decided not to just sit around and see if Mr. Koons would sue. ArtsBeat: All Bark, No Bite: Settlement Reached in Balloon Dog Dispute 2011-02-03T21:25:48Z ‘I was getting tired of sitting around in a silk shirt’ Natalie Dormer Dormer’s no stranger to exposure of a different kind. Natalie Dormer: ‘Female empowerment shouldn’t be only about sexuality' 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z You can’t sit around and play with this stuff and not realize there are wider implications for it. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: The Benefits and Moral Quandaries of a World Run by Code 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z The world moves fast, and they sit around like forgotten dopes.” Theater Review: ‘Golden Boy,’ Directed by Bartlett Sher 2012-12-07T03:00:19Z He sleeps in his truck to shop at sunrise and develops calluses on his hindquarters from sitting around on hard chairs waiting to bid at country auctions. Antiques: A Faberg? Exhibition Without ?Fauxberg?s? 2011-06-30T20:30:04Z There was no sitting around the swimming pool; everyone had to chip in when it came to chores. ‘Anyone else would have kicked him out’: celebrity flatmates reveal all 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Six very different personalities, all sitting around a table, fuelled by tea and excellent cake, learning. Get with the programme: how to make an audio show 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z “Coke sniffing backstage or in the tunnels and people sitting around a room or sleeping on a plane, that edge-of-time feeling,” DeLillo wrote. Groundbreaking photographer Robert Frank dies at age 94 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z I do not envy screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, who needs to turn the book's second half -- basically a bunch of vampires sitting around talking alertly -- into a movie. A pause for "Breaking Dawn" (ouch) 2011-06-28T17:28:11Z I'm not somebody who sits around and waits for my agent to tell me when I'm going to work, never have. How being funny became Krysten Ritter "eureka moment" that led to her acting career 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Why did we sit around discussing the ideas and innovations of Godard the way young filmgoers today talk about box-office grosses, special effects and continuity errors? 50 years of Breathless 2010-06-05T23:04:00Z Instead of sitting around complaining about that, do something. Variety magazine regrets misleading headline on Kirsten Stewart video 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Let others sit around the dinner table discussing that fabled Thanksgiving when Aunt Maisie forgot to turn on the oven and served a raw turkey. Books of The Times: When Granny Met Gershwin, and Other Gossip 2011-07-25T18:39:38Z We'd sit around chatting and eating our eggs, and for a while the worry was broken. Family life 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z “David is the person other people always want to hang out with, whether it’s sitting around watching ‘The Golden Girls’ or going out to bars,” he said. They Shared a Cab Ride, Then a Life Together 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z The interior, like those of previous Serpentine pavilions, is an events space, cafe and place for sitting around, except that this time it was felt that the concept would be compromised by installing catering facilities. Heatherwick Studio; Serpentine Gallery Pavilion – review 2012-06-02T23:05:42Z My family would sit around the large, pale blue Formica table in the kitchen eating and talking about what they’d eaten previously and what they were going to eat next. Nigella Lawson: my life in food 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z In reality model agencies are just upmarket minicab offices, with a group of people sitting around a table talking on the phone. Rewind TV: South Riding; The Model Agency; Friday Night Dinner; Silk 2011-02-27T00:05:40Z The worst thing for children in natural disasters isn't just the damage that they see around them, but also when they sit around with nothing to do. Bristol cinema sets up film shows for Haiti's earthquake children 2010-03-21T18:49:00Z One Saturday after breakfast we sat around the table as I mused how there must be a better way to cook bacon. Weekend Breakfasts to Warm the Heart, and Belly 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z A group of her former students visited with stew, and we sat around a fire. How to Prepare Now for the Complete End of the World 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z “Instead of sitting around and complaining about that, do something,” Stewart told Variety. It’s not that easy, Kristen Stewart: Women in Hollywood discover that “go do something” means “go do everything yourself” 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Most of the interiors open to the courtyard, an effect Kundig compares to sitting around a campfire. Olson Kundig Crafts A Sleek Mountain Home For A Young Family 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Yes, there’s a staginess to it all: the quintet sitting around on the floor husking vegetables, dismantling a chicken, dining. ‘Taste’ Review: A Slow, Sensual Hallucination Set in Vietnam 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z I found a space, dropped my bag to the floor, sat on it and looked around at the pink- and white-clad people sitting around me. In suburban N.J., let off steam the traditional Korean way 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z “We were all sitting around the table and he was regaling us with stories about vaudeville,” she said. Still talking, with Carol Burnett 2014-04-23T21:16:30Z A huge American flag adorned the center of the stage, in front of which sat around 15 to 20 banjo players. Built on Steel, Pittsburgh Now Thrives on Culture 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Newman's daughter, Nell, also said she's not sure why her father would have old clothes sitting around in New Haven, though she noted he briefly attended Yale University in the city. Man finds suit he believes belonged to Paul Newman 2012-10-10T00:46:04Z I’m not sitting around feeling bad about things. My feminine, compulsive “sorry”: I apologize for everything from having an opinion to taking up space 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z We can't meet at a cafe or a restaurant and sit around a table with one another. On a mission to make America bake again 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z They told the other evacuees sitting around a table about their room at the Country Inn. Hope, worry and boredom mingle in a Houston shelter as a deadline looms 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Most people in normal times are busy with work and family stuff and there's just less time to play games or sit around drinking wine with friends on a weeknight. Too much Zoom: Who knew life under lockdown would be so damn busy? 2020-05-24T04:00:00Z The group sits around furtively, seemingly unable to respond. Why we still look away: Kitty Genovese, Jamie Bulger and the bystander effect 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z He and his wife served us chicken, rice and beans, and afterward we sat around a fire passing a guitar back and forth. Explorer: Guatemala, Trekking in the Highlands 2011-03-25T18:55:16Z He doesn’t want to waste time sitting around while the photographer sets up. Anthony Hopkins: ‘Most of this is nonsense, most of this is a lie’ 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z We all sat around talking about how it was so rare for us to see us reflected in modern culture, certainly books. A Latina Anne of Green Gables: Andi Teran on 'Ana of California' 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z She wasn’t sitting around lecturing people about what it was like to be her age or making twee lists wondering why she was squinting so much. Everything the Internet taught me about being 39 is a lie 2014-01-11T22:00:00Z “We would have lunch of cottage cheese and tomatoes,” he recalled, “watch ‘General Hospital,’ and then her friends would come over, all these beautiful women, sitting around gossiping. Custom Nail Treatments as Art 2011-12-09T23:52:09Z The leafy stuff will sit around in April and then grow rapidly in May. Perspective | The therapeutic value of the garden in trying times 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z The song starts, “I don’t want nobody always sitting around me and my man.” Aretha Franklin Had Power. Did We Truly Respect It? 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Yeah, lots of memories of super late nights with a fire burning low in my living room, and people sitting around with acoustics on the floor. Heart’s Ann Wilson on leaving Seattle bubble, reconciling with sister and Carrie Brownstein-led biopic 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z The 51-year-old filmmaker and son Jonas Cuaron, 30, decided they would not sit around licking their wounds, and quickly got to work on a script about adversity, weaving the theme through tense and gripping action. 'Gravity' highlights personal adversity in deep space journey 2013-10-01T13:09:17Z I didn't say, 'Oh my God, I'm sitting around gathering dust. A minute with: Robbie Robertson about his new album 2011-04-06T14:14:03Z That fruit juice left sitting around for a while would get you drunk? ‘The Truffle Hunters’ Review: In Dogged Pursuit of Culinary Gold 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z I don’t want my children to be sitting around eating junk food. This Life : The Care Package Wars 2013-07-19T15:52:48Z But in a certain sense our hunter-gatherer ancestors were also overwhelmed with incoming information – they would be sitting around their fires with their senses very carefully tuned for predators, for example. Sharing is in our nature 2012-08-13T11:45:00Z Someday a company will be brave enough to broadcast a holiday TV commercial featuring a happy family sitting around with each member holding one present. Home Improvement for the Holidays 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z I was seeing intimate, long-lost footage of the world’s most famous band preparing for its final performance, and I couldn’t stop watching Yoko Ono sitting around, doing nothing. The Sublime Spectacle of Yoko Ono Disrupting the Beatles 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z It is a novel of ideas only in the respect that everyone in it just sits around talking about ideas. 36 Arguments for the Existence of God by Rebecca Goldstein 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z Just a lot of scenes of him sitting around playing with a fidget spinner would do. These aren't the spinoffs you are looking for: Star Wars movies that should never get the green light 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z He added: “We loved sitting around talking about ‘Uncle Charles,’ as we called him. Morton Cohen, Scholar of Lewis Carroll and His Wonderland, Dies at 96 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z I was getting a little tired of sitting around in a silk skirt. Natalie Dormer: ‘Female empowerment shouldn’t be only about sexuality' 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z They sat around a long oval table filled with croissants, cafe au lait and policy documents. How French expats in Washington are preparing for an election back home 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z "But I promise you I'm not sitting around worrying about it." Vindication for 2013 Rock Hall of Fame inductees 2012-12-11T19:27:09Z In the evening they sit around on fur-lined camp chairs drinking lager and watching TV. On strike at 8,848 metres: Sherpa and the story of an Everest revolution 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Ms. Russell’s peppy “The Man I Love” brought to mind a sound that, in her words, conjured “a family sitting around a radio.” Music Review: Michael Feinstein and Company Celebrate Vintage Jazz 2014-04-25T19:11:53Z I want a career I will enjoy, but spending your life sitting around at home is definitely not good. Ask Amy: Married couple, poor partners and parents 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Vast grey skies that paralyse the three men sitting around her. An interview with Gloria Swanson: From the archive, 19 February 1969 2013-02-19T07:30:00Z An entourage sat around him, literally at his feet. He made a fortune from his trademarked Bikram yoga, but now his empire is in tatters 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z “Man, we can’t do that,” Ross said, and sat around his house brooding. The “I Do” of Addiction 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z We returned, in our least dirty clothes, and sat around a candlelit table. A Three-Day Trek in the Highlands of Myanmar 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z I remember one night, we sat around a campfire and we got them high. Cook’s Illustrated’s Christopher Kimball Believes Cooking Is Ultraserious Business 2012-10-14T16:30:31Z There will never be something that unites the whole country to sit around and watch it at the same time, at least not on the scale of Idol in its prime. Kelly Clarkson's return to American Idol makes us long for a bygone era 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z I saw an acoustic guitar sitting around the house, and I picked it up. The Four Guys of 5 Seconds of Summer 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z The crowd, sitting around and sipping champagne, was hardly massive. Magic Loungeabout festival ? review 2011-08-01T17:36:30Z What did they think, they were just sitting around waiting for a fire to start so they could throw themselves into the flames? ‘The Passenger’ 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Set in the mid-1980s, the novel introduces us to the first-person narrator, Frannie, who is sitting around the pool with her well-to-do cousins, waiting for her adored cousin Jonathan to return. 'The Beresfords': 'Mansfield Park,' 1980s edition 2012-07-12T17:39:03Z “We were sitting around talking about it and the kids started joking with each other about which shows would be included,” he said. Send Us Your Summer Theater Camp Photos 2010-07-14T15:46:00Z There are these truly intimate moments when the artists and these kids are sitting around in the state dining room. Michelle Obama's keynote speech at Grammy Museum luncheon 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z I realized that my favorite food memories of my childhood were all sitting around a table with family with plates filled with steamy dumplings. "Dumpling Daughter" celebrates a multi-generational love for Chinese cuisine 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z It's a deeply personal work for him, so he refused, and that script just sat around for all these years. Randall Park reveals his "Shortcomings": "You never got to see Asian Americans in that context" 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z They were invented by 15th-century fops who sat around amusing themselves with terms like a “murder” of crows, a “parliament” of owls or an “ostentation” of peacocks. From a giggle of girls to an infirmary of punchlines He explained his sadness about the need to move to higher ground, and those sitting around him nodded in agreement. First village relocated due to climate change 2012-09-19T19:03:00Z When writing about a posse of mercenaries sitting around a fire in the southwest in “Blood Meridian,” he set the scene: No, Cormac McCarthy Isn’t on Twitter. Don’t Be Fooled by the Check Mark. 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z That night, my roommates and I again sat around in the kitchen watching the news, hoping for updates on the protest. Fake News, 1969: My Infamous Role in the Harvard Antiwar Protests 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z I don’t spend my time sitting around thinking about this. John Kasich: ‘I think members of the Republican Party are in a coma right now’ 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z When they're not at the Embassy, Chris sits around drinking and watching horrible videos – suicides, road accidents, that kind of thing – on the computer. People Like Us – TV review 2013-02-07T07:00:18Z It's brutal, especially as an actor, because you sit around with this low-grade fever of anxiety, waiting for the phone to ring. TV A-listers wonder: Who would win on Survivor? 2010-08-27T05:41:00Z It wasn’t loud enough for our teacher to hear, but the group of boys sitting around us laughed while my cheeks burnt with embarrassment. Honey, we’re praying for you 2013-03-31T01:00:00Z Now most of the pieces are just sitting around on the floor. Two ways to hang art on a brick wall without drilling holes 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z So we sat around the dining room table and I read to them, crying my way through the end of “Old Yeller” all over again. David Morse Steadies Himself With Daily Devotions and His Own Cooking 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z It’s about “two weirdly agreeable dudes,” in Mr. Powell’s phrase, who sit around drinking and talking about everything and about nothing. Books of The Times: Padgett Powell’s New Novel, ‘You & Me’ 2012-08-14T12:00:00Z But when you’re sitting around, looking at videos and sending them to other people, I guess he is developing this new, comic style that is unique to the Internet.” Shane Dawson, YouTube?s Comic for the Under-30 Set 2010-04-02T21:21:00Z “It is almost certainly worse if you spend a year sitting around feeling bad about not nursing.” Review | Parents are drowning in advice. An economist looks at the data — and says we can all relax. 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z He noted that this is an opportunity for donors to step up and help build a stable base for the museum, which has a budget currently sitting around $3 million. How Bellevue Arts Museum’s new director plans to transform it 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z We do; I would estimate we eat six meals a week, on average, all sitting around the table. Motherlode Blog: In Defense of Ordinary Dinner Conversation 2012-04-30T15:19:02Z The original “Real World” kids all held down jobs, on the precept that they had to do more than sit around. Perspective | Here’s to the class-conflicted, workplace-inappropriate ‘Below Deck’ — TV’s ideal mental vacation 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z I arrived at the studios at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and met David Fincher briefly, and then basically sat around all day and watched while Christy and Linda were being shot. George Michael’s Freedom Video: An Oral History 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z “We were sitting around the office, and someone said: ‘This is going to be difficult. Johnny Maestro, Brooklyn Bridge Singer, Dies at 70 2010-03-26T05:56:00Z And we sit around, and we talk about our responsibility to the community. Former D.C. Public Schools chancellor: Black cultural education ‘could change the entire calculus’ for children 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z I hope when people hear my name they know that I’m a person who’s trying to collaborate with those interested in sitting around the hearth. Tarell Alvin McCraney on life after 'Moonlight' and his play in L.A., 'Head of Passes' 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Crowley, the director, said: “What I’m always surprised by is how practical they are. But sitting around discussing scenes and the meaning of a moment, nothing interests them less. They really are hands on.” Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh, in Love and Battle 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Six performers sit around a white circle and then rise to jog in place, their fingers twisting and turning in a mysterious sign language. Dance: ?Supernatural Wife,? a New York Dance Premiere 2011-11-27T05:10:08Z I just thought of a problem: girls are sitting around talking about boys. Apple Music’s woman problem: Jimmy Iovine teaches a master class in how not to try to sell music to women 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z "Probably my favorite moment at the house," Jeremy says, "is early dusk, with candles all atop the long outdoor table and just a sea of people sitting around it." A Magical Retreat in the Hamptons by Sawyer | Berson 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z The quartet, augmented by a keyboardist, plays retro-based fare suggestive of good-intentioned guys that spend their Friday nights sitting around their house wondering whether to call the girls over which they're obsessing. Rainy start to day one of Lollapalooza 2013-08-02T20:41:00Z Shoes off, walk up a few steps to a cozy alcove, sit around a wood-burning stove and sip a local sake. 36 Hours in Niseko 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z To recap: last year, former football manager Redknapp went on I’m a Celebrity, where he basically sat around looking deflated in a vest, talked endlessly about his wife, and refused to eat any food. Grimes finds a whole new way to make climate change fun 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z I remember us sitting around — and this was Black and white people — arguing about whether or not my hair was going to be offensive to people. Black, Female and Carving Out Their Own Path in Country Music 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Probably it would have been easier to achieve all this decades ago, in the pre-child years, sitting around in her underwear. Did Daisy Haggard Create the Next ‘Fleabag’? Not Exactly 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Is that your intention, or is it just what you and your homies talk about when you all sitting around? Sam Jay says just let comedy be "dangerous" – like one particular slur that's "mean" but not racist 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z “We have a bar scene, and originally, in Brussels, everyone was sitting around talking to each other,” Mr. McVicar said. In the Met Opera’s ‘Agrippina,’ the Roman Empire Never Ended 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z I have many characters, stories and fragments of ideas sitting around half-made, waiting for me to want them for something. Raven Girl takes wing and flies onstage 2013-05-04T06:00:35Z “We hope there’s some overlap, but we aren’t going to sit around cheerleading the administration.” Talking Trumpism: A New Political Journal Enters the Fray 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z There are a lot of biological weapons that are sitting around, sitting around waiting to be destroyed. "Crazies" remake influenced by post-9/11 world 2010-03-02T04:09:00Z Early in the premiere, the anxious, fussy Nandor holds a meeting to deal with housekeeping issues, such as the problem of people leaving their guests sitting around half-drunk. Review: In ‘Shadows,’ on FX, Laid-Back Vampires Return for Another Bite 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z There are characters who have been sitting around for decades doing nothing but waiting for desperate angelologists to appear. Books of The Times: Exotic Creatures and the Humans Who Chase Them 2010-03-01T06:01:00Z The weather was beautiful and we ended up at that restaurant on a Saturday night, and the whole crew sat around the table and we made little speeches. Oscar Best Actress Nominee Carey Mulligan on 'Education' 2010-03-03T18:10:00Z Nearby, grubby old knitted dolls and stuffed plush animals sit around holding conversations. Mike Kelley: the nonconformist's whole life is here 2012-12-18T18:00:31Z We sat around a bonfire until high tide, and then wandered down the beach to see what was happening. Millions of horseshoe crabs spawn on the shores of Delaware Bay each year. Here’s how to see them. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z “Being in a writers’ room is essentially just sitting around a table with 10 other people telling personal stories and eating all your meals together,” Ms. Wigfield said. Plenty of Plot Twists for Two ‘Mindy Project’ Writers 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Two men sitting around and laughing about drugging women. The world let these monsters get away with it: Bill Cosby, Jimmy Savile & the license to commit hideous crimes 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z In the room, Mr. Rubin had the actors sit around a table reading from their scripts to get Mr. Mamet’s rhythms. For Stephen Adly Guirgis, the Long Road Back to a First Love: Acting 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Obviously I haven’t had a lot of space to sit around and think, but it just isn’t clear yet. “I’m the parent who wants their kids to have sex”: Mary Louise Parker talks poetry, nudity, one-night stands and her brilliant new book 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z “Nobody wants or needs a degree where people are sitting around listening to ‘Rubber Soul’ debating lyrics,” she said. A Year in the Life: Who Gets a Master’s Degree in the Beatles? 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z In truth, when they're all sitting around in the desert with their turbans and sequinned swimsuits, they do look like a Jordan tribute band. Sex and the sequel 2010-04-17T23:07:00Z Spoken like a true paranoid conservative who sits around all day listening to Rush... From Adams to Beethoven, a sizzling night of music 2012-07-19T21:16:03Z I don’t sit around and write raps, I just don’t. André 3000 Is Moving On in Film, Music and Life 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z As she put it, “Is it so different from women who sit around crocheting macramé owls?” Critic?s Notebook: Sims Social Is an Astonishing Success on Facebook 2011-10-08T00:28:56Z A handful of men dressed in tan robes and blankets draped over their shoulders sat around a small fire brewing chai. Personal Journeys: Scenes of India, From a Fort and a Camel 2014-03-28T17:24:40Z In the way women get to sit around and talk about the roles they're getting to play or their movies making money or people wanting to go see them. Actresses bond over playing dress up, tattoos and aging on screen 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z And instead of sitting around and moping, Sam said: 'Let's write a play.' Sam Shepard bares his soul 2010-03-21T00:05:00Z If “Alive” is the kind of song that’s not right for an Adele album, imagine how many other songs must be sitting around on a hard drive somewhere. 5 Things to Know About Adele's New Album 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Noted his daughter Terry Castle: "We used to sit around our dining room table at night and instead of saying grace, my father would practice his Academy Award acceptance speech." Director William Castle, king of the gimmick, gets a retrospective 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z We were sitting around the dinner table, you, me and my husband, our two teenage girls. A letter to… my thoughtless mother 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z We think there’s nothing better than sitting around the table with family and friends.” Saving the Endangered Dinner Party 2012-11-28T23:49:55Z I can't say we ever sat around pondering what people thought of us, no. Mika meets Dita Von Teese: 'I've had to work hard to stay like this' 2012-10-11T18:00:02Z Every production I have seen has featured three fortysomething performers sitting around drinking. Can you see the same play too many times? 2012-07-24T13:21:31Z Lewis claims to be most content sitting around his home watching European classics, Truffaut and Fellini. Richard Lewis is not as miserable as he appears. But he’s still miserable. 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z I met Josh on the previous Passover while sitting around a friend’s seder table. Abortion, a love story 2012-08-25T01:00:00Z We returned to the campsite and, after dinner, sat around a fire and listened to a reading about the history of the islands. Georgia’s Sea Islands: A destination worth the paddle 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z I came out of the 60s and I was a feminist; I didn’t think women would accept a heroine who was going to sit around and wait for the prince to come and save her. How we made Beauty and the Beast 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z On a recent evening, masked students sat around stainless-steel tables in the scent lab at the Institute for Art and Olfaction in Los Angeles’s Chinatown, pipettes at the ready. Can Scent Be Democratized? 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Today, there’s still a lot of brown furniture sitting around Falls Church and Anacostia, both the genuine old stuff as well as reproductions of it. The reign of beige: In a political town, design stays neutral 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Regarding the statement "Much of the time I just sit around doing nothing", I found that I could respond with all numbers from one to seven. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z The conference table they’re sitting around is made from Vermont granite, and they put their elbows on it. How Emily Post's Heirs Built an Etiquette Monopoly 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z We sit around all day on the internet; they played with kites. Happy birthday, Gen Z: celebrating with 16-year-olds around the world 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z I had hoped for grandchildren, and I wanted those grandchildren with glossy hair and pajamas sitting around my Christmas tree each and every year, but that’s not what I’m going to get. Modern Love: Modern Love - Building Christmas on Presence, Not Presents 2012-12-20T17:50:57Z She found herself sitting around conference tables with people like Ms. Tobias and the dance writer and historian David Vaughan. At Gibney, a New Curatorial Director Makes a Revolution 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z You don’t mention religion, so like most of us today I presume you understand that this is it, one shot, and sitting around waiting for life to change is a waste of precious moments. I want to leave my partner of 15 years. Am I being selfish? | Mariella Frostrup 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z “And instead of sitting around knitting, we were sitting around polishing muskets.” Lily James had dyed her hair. Later, the rising star landed the lead in ‘Cinderella.’ 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Visitors sit around a 10-foot-high, semitransparent cube to watch scenes of Mondrian working interspersed with vignettes of 1940s New York City, to the background of the music he loved. The Hague paints the town red, blue and yellow in honor of artist Mondrian 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z “It’s all valid — everybody’s got their own path. I wouldn’t want to sit around and listen to me all day.” George Winston, Pianist With a Soothing ‘New Age’ Sound, Dies at 74 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z “I’ve known some marvelous people, but as I’ve got older, sitting around the table and saying things no longer seems to me to be of any significance,” he said. At 91, Frank Auerbach Is Still Searching for the Perfect Image 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Businessmen ride up and down escalators or sit around conference tables, as if posing or playing roles, an impression reinforced by titles like “Three Suits,” “Economist” and “Press Type Law Firm.” Art In Review: Idelle Weber: The Pop Years 2013-04-18T20:32:05Z Some of the most memorable nights I ever had was sitting around listening to them talk about “Roman Holiday.” Q&A: Clooney on ‘Midnight Sky’ and his twilight as an actor 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Researching a film about politics, I'll be sat around with all these people from some guild in the City of London, and then that night I'll go and do a set in Peckham, say. Riz Ahmed: actor, rapper, ranter 2013-04-27T08:00:00Z “We can’t just sit around with clear nail polish on our hands.” Blue State or Red? Look at the Nails 2012-10-03T22:58:01Z “You could be watching a sitcom like ‘Friends,’ but instead of the ‘Friends’ kitchen table, the characters are all sitting around your kitchen table,” Ms. Burnett said. At Snapchat, Redrawing the Bounds of Reality 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z “If it sits around too long, it’ll turn green. People don’t even realize that because all their water’s dead, so they never see it turn green.” Unfiltered Fervor: The Rush to Get Off the Water Grid 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z “We just sat around talking and thinking and saying: ‘Dare we do that? Jane Austen's Sanditon 'sexed up' in Andrew Davies adaptation 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z The essay had been sitting around gathering dust until the old editor left and the new editor, Dirk Deppey, saw it and got in touch with me. What every writer needs to succeed 2014-02-27T23:59:00Z The joy of sitting around a wood stove with beer and chili knowing that at that moment you’re technically fishing is one of my favorite parts of fishing in the state. Ice Fishing Is Fun! 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z And suddenly the show is not as simple as a bunch of dudes sitting around doing nothing. Review | In a surprisingly deep ‘Dave,’ there’s more to Lil Dicky than meets the eye 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z A congenitally restless guy, he finds himself “disgusted, vaguely grouchy, irrationally sore at the farmers who sat around Anderson’s all day and couldn’t think of anything to do but tell bear stories about the flu.” Wallace Stegner and the Conflicted Soul of the West 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z “The intimacy vibe was inspired by sitting around the table,” Ms. Baker said over dinner at a vegetarian diner a few days later. Annie Baker’s ‘Uncle Vanya,’ Set for Soho Rep 2012-06-08T00:30:02Z She and her husband, Doug, a venture capitalist, adopted Emy, a Labrador mix, from a rescue organization in Sag Harbor, N.Y., but they didn’t want her sitting around the apartment all day. Can’t Take Your Fancy Dog Hiking in the Country? Hire a Pro 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z One extraordinary scene confirms Heumann’s memories of formative discussions: campers sit around a table discussing overprotective parents, their frustrations and their ambitions. 'It blew my mind': the incredible story of Netflix's feelgood Crip Camp 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z It’s really difficult to sit around for hours and then get up and dance. Misty Copeland on diversity in dance, her 'Nutcracker' princess and coming home for the holidays 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z That made me nervous, because I thought everyone wants to see Viggo Mortensen shooting people, and this is just sitting around talking about currency markets. Robert Pattinson: 'I want to strangle whoever invented that R-Patz thing' 2012-06-08T23:05:10Z I used to let rolls of film sit around for months before I’d develop them. | David Armstrong 2010-11-19T16:00:00Z Each season begins with the design staff sitting around a table tossing out ideas and sketches for how they can mess with the way clothes are made. The First Great Designer of 2022 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Spångberg's shows are the dance equivalent of the Occupy movement, and not just because there are some long-haired youths sitting around on rugs with guitars. Mårten Spångberg, the bad boy of contemporary dance 2013-07-05T13:00:00Z “Shows like Big Bang Theory don’t assign scripts to individual writers. The entire staff sits around a table and cobbles the draft together,” wrote Levine. Critics be damned – here's why The Big Bang Theory is an unstoppable force with fans 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Then, when the meal arrives, I’m not sitting around savoring it. A Frank Talk About Fat 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z “I remember Ryan calling me,” she said, “and he described it as an episode where everyone’s just going to be sitting around talking, and I was like, ‘Oh great, that’ll probably be easier.’” “AHS”: Sarah Paulson said making her directorial debut was a “nightmare” — and she’d... 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Wow, in “The Last Waltz,” it seems like most of your time was spent playing pool and sitting around drinking moonshine backstage. Robbie Robertson remembers: “People were screaming and booing and throwing sh*t” 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z One day, I remember, we were sitting around, and in summer there were always these incredibly doldrums. Laura Lippman on turning true crime into fiction: "Am I not appropriating somebody's story?" 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z I was just kind of sitting around in an empty house. Kid Rock eyes new album mixing musical styles 2011-10-26T17:45:38Z Last November, Ibrahim travelled to Djanet with five members of Tinariwen determined to nail down the simple acoustic sound and poetry of ishumar adventurers sitting around a campfire, sharing cigarettes, stories, songs and a guitar. Tinariwen: Sahara to New York City 2011-08-20T23:04:07Z They sat around a long table, loading bullets into magazines while Nelson read his speech. For years, he tried to get other gay people to the gun range. Would they come now? 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z “She’s not the type of actor who sits around and waits for a phone call. She will create her own product.” Krysten Ritter Spins Her Own Mystery in Her Debut Novel, ‘Bonfire’ 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z We were just sitting around in the early 90s wondering what entertainment will be in the 21st century – it will probably be interactive, with music and images. South by Southwest: how the geeks took over the world's coolest festival 2010-03-20T08:00:00Z And mediums sitting around trying to conjure up the dead qualifies under my definition. In the heart of D.C.’s tony Georgetown, a church that communes with the dead 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z “We all sit around and ponder that, and it becomes a question especially when you are criticizing your own side. . . . There is a theatrics to all of this.” Kirsten Powers: An antiabortion, antiwar liberal working for Fox News 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z It’s a bunch of doctors sitting around a conference table arguing about insurance codes. Temple Grandin on DSM-5: “Sounds like diagnosis by committee” 2013-05-18T12:30:00Z We couldn’t afford to sit around and daydream all day, and if we did make something, it was craft. Hang It, Install It, Perform It — and Yes, Wear Your Art on Your Sleeve 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z But Paramount executives haven’t hinted at when they might name Trevor Noah’s replacement, and Wood knows he’s too hot right now to sit around waiting. How Roy Wood Jr. crushed the toughest room in comedy 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z “I went to see a movie,” he told Entertainment Weekly “and four casting directors were sitting around talking about, ‘What’s up with all the Brits and Australian actors snagging all the leads?’” US rallies to stop British actors taking Hollywood movies by storm 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z That promises to make for some tense meetings at the New York Drama Critics' Circle, where both critics who have held off and those who have stormed ahead sit around the same table. Reviews of 'Spider-Man' musical draw backers' ire 2011-02-08T07:02:08Z In other words, Dry is not sitting around with nothing to do other than complain about a TV show. Perspective | Let’s talk about ‘Project Runway’ stars using ‘old lady’ to describe unflattering clothes 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z It also helps that Gayford, in his book, doesn't just sit around being painted. A sitter's experience with painter Lucian Freud throws open the whole world of portraiture 2010-12-22T22:06:08Z Many of Bravo’s current shows — in the “Real Housewives” or “Southern Charm” mode — are about people who sit around and wait to attend their next party, meal or leisure event. Perspective | Here’s to the class-conflicted, workplace-inappropriate ‘Below Deck’ — TV’s ideal mental vacation 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z We all sat around a table in the garden. Experience: we fell in love without speaking 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Not that the band does much sitting around. The Dark and Dreamy Rock of Sigur Rós 2013-06-18T15:18:52Z Many of those sitting around the tables in various writers' rooms were playwrights. Best non-fiction summer reads: Difficult Men by Brett Martin 2013-07-29T15:05:25Z But I think everyone sitting around here wants it to be absolutely brilliant. Just the Guys, Candid and Rugged 2011-02-06T02:08:04Z On another, it’s kind of pointless and vapid to sit around discussing the philosophical implications of highbrow literature while around you terrible people are doing terrible things all day long. “The Third Man”: Why this masterful 1949 Euro-noir about the age of American arrogance and power is more relevant than ever 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z I knew that I was getting a guy who was not keen on sitting around all day talking about his emotions. How Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman split emotional labor and "the diva card" 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z People often sleep in these photos, in fact, or they just sit around in poses of refined languor. William Gedney’s Travels in India 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z One day we were all sitting around talking and somebody said, "What is pizza?" ArtsBeat: Apocalypse Soon: Tom Hanks Discusses His Web Series 'Electric City' 2012-07-16T12:00:46Z If you don’t get the right mental state as a couple and get yourselves together, it will break you and grind you into dog meat, sitting around waiting for the hammer to drop. ArtsBeat Blog: Q. and A.: Everlast Sees the 'Ungrateful Living' All Around Him 2011-10-19T01:16:02Z In fact there was only one time in American history when the fear of refugees wiping everyone out did actually come true — and we’ll all be sitting around a table celebrating it on Thursday.” John Oliver Explains The Vetting Process For Syrian Refugees 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z About 15 people, most of them middle-aged, sat around this ramshackle downtown San Francisco bar sipping tea and wine while a saxophone, drum and bass trio played a mellow mixture of mostly standards. Arts: Sleepy Jazz Scene Shows Signs of Awakening 2010-05-16T01:58:00Z In a world of instant opinion, he suggested, where everyone's a critic, you don't need a bunch of academics sitting around a table stroking their beards. The Review Show's move to BBC4 isn't a death sentence 2013-03-15T16:00:02Z The writers dropped the character because he was cumbersome, and, as Mr. Levitan said, “because I don’t like the people who allow cameramen to sit around their house all day while they raise their kids.” This Life: What ?Modern Family? Says About Modern Families 2011-01-21T21:20:03Z We sat around the Cabinet room and he starts telling the president we should do this. Singer Harry Chapin recalled as a charitable giant 2011-07-14T06:34:08Z No wonder Ernest Hemingway sat around the Paris of that movie and probably the one in real life clamoring to punch somebody. The Carpetbagger: My Oscar Picks: Sarah Vowell 2012-02-23T20:24:02Z I didn't want to let this excessive gatekeeper talk deter me, but I also had no intentions of sitting around and waiting for another writer to put me on. Don't fear the gatekeeper — or become one yourself 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z It also perpetuates a stereotype that people who aren’t working are just sitting around all day. ‘There’s a dignity to this place’: Inside the world of pay-what-you-can restaurants 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z "We used to sit around and listen to the radio and not hear anything like the stuff we like," drawls Tommy, "so we decided to play it ourselves." Ramones: 'We play short songs for people who don't have a lot of spare time' – interview from the vaults 2013-04-17T08:53:00Z They sometimes wish that they were just lumpy and average and sat around in their soft pants eating jalapeno poppers and watching "Oprah" like the rest of the gals they knew back in high school. Are "The Real Housewives" really flesh-eating zombies? 2010-10-16T23:01:00Z Here are images that the cartoonists Ward Sutton, Zohar Lazar, and Jim Webb made over the past few weeks, as they prepared to sit around the family table to celebrate Thanksgiving. Our Artists Get Ready for Thanksgiving 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z “What you miss in a retail bakery is the freshness. So many desserts are better when not sitting around.” Dominique Ansel Sets Up a New Bakery 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z The children sit around the baby and discuss questions: What’s she thinking? 5 Ways to Be More Empathetic 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Our fellow guests were sitting around the dining table in full conversational flow. The gift of a lifetime: how trans 'top surgery' changed my life 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z It features a bunch of hip-hop fans sitting around – actually, they stand through most of it, so heated do they get – and assessing the fortune or otherwise of British female rappers. New band of the day: Phreeda Sharp (No 1,514) 2013-05-16T15:31:43Z We didn’t want to sit around thinking about food, so there was a lot of catching up on e-mails and organizing. Cooler Cleanse and BluePrintCleanse, for Juice Diets at Companies 2012-07-11T20:32:02Z “It is a very egocentric four years, just sitting around and focusing on what does the back of my tongue sound like when I make this sound? What is a Scottish dialect?” Adam Driver: ‘Compared with the military, acting isn't that difficult’ 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z “You’ll become so much better at problem solving, because you learn very quickly that there is absolutely zero point in sitting around crying about it,” she says. Ready to go it alone? Tips for easing into solo travel. 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Amid the clamour, the titular "moms" sit around in the studio's "observation mezzanine" watching their daughters yawning in tulle. Dance Moms, awful but addictive 2013-04-13T05:00:00Z It's a sports movie without a lot of sports in it, but with a lot of guys sitting around engaging in funny dialogue and spitting into cups. In Toronto: "Moneyball," "Ides of March" 2011-09-09T03:44:06Z Some cooking shows will have food sitting around for hours before people actually taste it, but we don't do that because we know it compromises the dish they're putting forward. "I do love a twist": "Top Chef" producer reveals "Fast and Furious" mise en place challenge secrets 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Then she savors sitting around with no real plans — just board games, books and blankets. Five practical ways to reap the cozy rewards of ‘hygge,’ even if you can’t pronounce it 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z He and Mark were sitting around an old farmhouse on break, eating vegan snacks and doing crossword puzzles together. Our family's "Dark Waters" story: How my son's first film role and my father's cancer are connected 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z So I don’t want to sit around and do nothing for three or four months. Just Asking: Mayor Gray on why he deserved a second term 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z It would be very easy for me and successive generations to sit around listening to our iPods and playing our video games and allow Rome to burn around our ears. Back to The Wall 2010-05-27T08:42:00Z They didn’t sit around and wonder: ‘Why isn’t anyone hiring me?’ Tonya Lockyer: ‘powerhouse personality’ turns Velocity around 2013-07-04T11:51:19Z Brazilian bars are places to sit around a table with friends, chattering the night away. 36 Hours in Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2014-04-25T17:41:13Z For most of the time they were there, the leaders and their entourages sat around and sulked. Lawrence Wright's new book vividly recalls 1978 Camp David summit 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z When the exhausted Nasmertovs sit around their living room, "Their collective sleep debt could've belonged to a class of medical students." 'Panic in a Suitcase' a vivid immigrant tale of two cities 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z There shouldn't be time to sit around and feel sorry for yourself and think too much. Nicholas Hoult: 'The paparazzi don't care about me' 2013-01-26T23:00:00Z He loved the rhythms, the dialogue and the thirst for knowledge gained just by sitting around talking. Arnold Wesker, British playwright who plumbed working-class lives, dies at 83 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z "What I see that is more concerning is family members focusing on their phones and not sitting around the dinner table enjoying conversations." Media use in America up a full hour over just last year 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Repeated takes of a single scene mean that Ms. Heathcote must be constantly ready to refresh plates and replace food that is sitting around at room temperature. On ‘Downton Abbey,’ Beware the Fish Mousse 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z They were no longer the Cult of True Womanhood; they didn’t sit around sipping tea and speaking in hushed tones about community fundraisers or the best way to knit a sock. How to fold a thong: A straight man working at Victoria’s Secret 2013-05-07T00:00:00Z When Sleep Becomes a Door to Torment A few torturers are sitting around in the 1500s, talking shop. | 'The Vigil or the Guided Cradle': Crystal Skillman on the Art of Torture 2010-04-30T23:37:00Z It helps that the four of us sit around the table to eat our tea. 'Your child is going to experiment': what teenagers really think 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z I’m not sitting around waiting for someone else to do the work. Tom DeLonge responds to Blink-182 fallout with letter 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z I don't feel what I do is important … we all sit around patting ourselves on the back, and for what? The many layers of Caitlin Stasey: 'A lot of people think I'm a really angry person' 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z I think that Barbara Walters is so brilliant, because she just said, "I want a show where it looks like women are sitting around the table just talking. Nothing scripted, they're just giving their opinions." "The View" alum Sherri Shepherd doesn't want any more drama 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z Groups of 20-somethings, dressed in jeans and baseball hats, sit around wooden tables polishing off buckets of canned cocktails and inhaling French fries and wings. Where the Party Never Sleeps 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Yes, instead of making any move to clean the bathroom himself that he'd been sitting around using all week. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Should you say something to a friend about her freeloader boyfriend? 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z And, for me, it was just a question of getting that on the screen, getting that moment of us sitting around the read-through, that moment where we all laughed.” Terry Jones, Monty Python founder and Life of Brian director, dies aged 77 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z It’s not like there was a finished script sitting around for months. US cinema to reward fan who can endure Star Wars marathon 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z While most cars sit around at dealerships for 50 days or more before they’re sold, these hot sellers are typically gone in just 10 or 12 days. The Hardest To Find Cars For 2012 2011-12-12T19:58:20Z "Ron and I used to sit around and play each other a song and we would wonder, 'Why isn't this being recorded?' " he said in a phone interview. Seattle musicians celebrate the songs of Ron Davies 2011-06-22T22:00:06Z These exploitative users receive the funding, and then everyone sits around and wonders why nothing changes. The day after the protest: A view from the 2015 Baltimore Uprising, and now 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z In the spring of 2017, she formed Death Positive DC and began hosting regular events: “death cafes,” where people sit around and chat about death, often over cake; and obituary writing workshops like this one. At this workshop, writing your own obit means analyzing your past — or future 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z “It’s so shapeless, but I figured we’d be okay for just sitting around the pool.” ‘LOVE the eyebrows!’ Just a little verbal grooming among women. 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z The first half-hour or so of 13 Hours captures the ennui of guys sitting around waiting for stuff to happen, even as they’re hoping against hope that nothing will happen. Review: Michael Bay Ups the Blunt-Trauma Quotient with '13 Hours' 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Once she was settled, we sat around the kitchen table and drank beer and talked about Edward Abbey for a while. The real Grizzly Man: No one knows brown bears like Vietnam vet, monkey-wrencher, wild man Doug Peacock 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z And when you sit around your Thanksgiving dinner table, there are nothing but broad characters and people that you kind of can't believe, and this whole family, if you met them, you would not believe. Five actors from wildly different TV comedies compare notes 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z She was a shy, retiring person who would rather sit around the kitchen table than go out in public. Dusty Springfield's sublime masquerade through the American south 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z She cooked it on the Sunday and we all sat around waiting for it, but there was a terrible smell from the kitchen. Carol Vorderman: My family values 2011-08-19T23:05:51Z And the friend said, “No, she was just some photographer sitting around.” What She Learned From the One Who Got Away 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z “Have your guests sit around your home on sofas, chairs, ottomans and benches,” he says. Holiday entertaining: Flexible tables and chairs In this Wallingford water world, you can sit around a bar that looks like a ship graveyard, complete with web of nets and crab traps and random objects such as a hundred jingling keys. Drinks, ahoy, at the Octopus bar 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Later, after midnight, we walked back to the camp to sit around the fire. Experience: I gave birth at Glastonbury festival 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z They cooked and sat around the table drinking wine - how things change in the space of three years. ‘There was blood on the walls’: what to do when teen parties go wrong 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z It reminded me of just sitting around with your friends and talking and coming up with an idea.” Amadou & Mariam Aim to Expand Audience With ?Folila? 2012-04-13T21:05:13Z “You had all these men sitting around being open and honest in a way I have never heard,” Pitt said. The Planets, the Stars and Brad Pitt 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z When you have lots of small beautiful pies forming a whole, those small beautiful pies reflect the small beautiful diners sitting around the edge. TV review: The Great British Bake Off Christmas Masterclass 2012-12-18T22:10:02Z On the first night, sitting around the campfire, I start to get an idea why Comrie Croft mountain biking centre is a success. Mountain biking in Scotland: it’s going to be a bumpy ride … 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z In another picture, a family of nine in Tingo, Ecuador, sits around a week's worth of their groceries: rice, potatoes and plantains. Burke show is a feast of global eating habits 2012-02-01T22:04:04Z My birthday was the hardest, because I was exhausted, the training was intense and I had to sit around with other people. In New ‘Star Wars,’ Daisy Ridley and John Boyega Brace for Galactic Fame 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z PECK: I’m not the kind of person that likes to sit around. Tiler Peck missed dancing onstage. She went and found one. 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z “That’s been helpful. It’s given me the drive to be someone in the world rather than just sitting around.” T Magazine: Portrait of a Lady 2014-02-15T00:16:46Z We sat around the campfire, told stories from our childhood and went to see the bands on the main stage. Experience: I met my sister for the first time at Glastonbury 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z "With the pottery places you've got this plate sitting around for a while," he says. Duff Goldman shop makes customers 'Ace of Cakes' 2012-06-21T16:39:13Z I slept better outside, and sitting around the campfire provided rare moments of peace, quiet and reflection. Road to Recovery 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z “I’m not real interested in sitting around for six months,” he said. Bill Cosby Trial on Sexual Assault Charges May Be Held Earlier Than Expected 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z I can sit around and criticize and psychoanalyze people all day, so I should be able to turn around and do that to myself. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Learning to Love Himself, With an Assist From Beyoncé 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z “You don’t have time to sit around eating prunes,” she said. Motherlode Blog: Beyond Miralax: Parents Share Advice for the Constipated Child 2012-05-27T03:43:01Z “I don’t spend time dwelling on it. If you sit around with colleagues, you sometimes reminisce. But I’m busy enough in the present to keep me occupied.” Lucky for piano fans: André Watts picks Seattle for a stop 2014-04-11T20:54:28Z And I am here to tell you that none of us just sit around listening to Fleetwood Mac records. Stevie Nicks on Twirling, Kicking Drugs and a Lifetime With Lindsey 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z In the book’s pivotal scene, eight women sit around a battered conference table in a former space station fastened to a clump of rock hurtling through space. The apocalypse is coming — is the human race even worth saving? Neal Stephenson ponders the big questions in “Seveneves” 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z And I’m like, ‘You think I sit around and think of myself like that?’ Winona Ryder on Her Netflix Show, Nostalgia and Johnny Depp 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z But even in a room as large as the Garden, these charming bohemians are able to make audiences feel as if they are sitting around a campfire. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z We were sitting around going, “The movie plays great. I wish there was one more thing to send people off with a great feeling.” Q&A: Tatum, Hill on their sequel satire ‘22 Jump’ 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Audience members stand or sit around the outside edges, some oddly smiling as the disturbingly cruel spectacle unfolds. Review: Mike Bartlett waves red flag with 'Bull' 2013-05-03T01:53:08Z "Maybe there would just be an empty room somewhere with the tumbleweed blowing through it and we'd all be sitting around and wondering how Sarah Palin got to be president," said Fallon. Britain wins 5 International Emmys 2010-11-23T10:16:00Z In addition to the annotative singers onstage, there are the people sitting around you. A Chorus Remembers Michael Brown in ‘Antigone in Ferguson’ 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z We sit around a table for about eight weeks with the director and a historical adviser and we read the books in a circle. How Horrible Histories became a huge hit 2011-03-17T20:00:01Z Another year, later on, I sat around with my stomach hurting, waiting for my kid to be born. Song of the Summer: “Parking Lot,” by Anderson .Paak 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Almost immediately after getting rebuffed by Mikulski, Kennedy and his contingent were sitting around a long conference table in the office of Bernie Sanders, pleading their case to the junior senator from Vermont. Robert Kennedy Jr.’s belief in autism-vaccine connection, and its political peril A group of four grown men sitting around talking about dissatisfaction and loneliness was far more comfortable than I would have imagined. Jason Segel: By the Book 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z On “The View” Friday morning, the hosts aired a clip of children saying “ghetto black names,” including Fo’Landra and Elephantisha, and then sat around discussing bias regarding names. Raven-Symoné’s discriminatory insanity: “I’m not about to hire you if your name is Watermelondrea” 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z “I was totally broke. So I didn’t have time to sit around pondering or thinking all this through. It was just done on a basic pure survival level. I did what I had to do.” The rage of Van Morrison and the battle behind his masterpiece, ‘Astral Weeks’ 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Props to Mad Men for making a bunch of television characters sitting around anxiously watching television seem thrilling. Mad Men Recap: Season 7, Episode 6: "Waterloo" 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Before we knew it, we were back at the inn, sitting around the fire. Brew and beach time warm the soul in Delaware’s Dogfishland 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z We sit around crackling campfires eating barbecue steak, burgers and baked beans while cowboy crooner Tom Chambers sings favorites like “Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” and “Rawhide.” Arizona dude ranch is a family tradition for the ages — all of them 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z “The Chase” > “The Aches”: The cast of “Friends,” now in their 50s, reunite to sit around and talk about how everything seems to hurt all the time. Style Invitational Week 1458: Do adjust your set 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z “I sat around for a month or two trying to think of something else and I thought, ‘Maybe it’s over, maybe it’s over,’ ” he said. Struggle Over, Philip Roth Reflects on Putting Down His Pen 2012-11-18T03:52:41Z The alternative, Mr. Arnold says, is “sitting around until the 2020 election for this clown to get voted out.” Review: Tom Arnold’s ‘Trump Tapes’ Blows Smoke With No Smoking Gun 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z "The way that food can be a place of dialogue, a place in which one can sit around the table and resolve issues — it's truly a tool for change." "Food has forever unified people": How Immigrant Food brings "gastroadvocacy" to the table 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z “When my dad called me, it was like, okay, do we want to do a distillery, or do we want to sit around bars and talk about doing a distillery?” James River Distillery puts Virginia in its gin, and its gin in Virginia Some he painted by themselves, others in twos or threes sitting around a table absorbed in a game of cards. Inside Art: Metropolitan to Host C?zanne?s ?Card Players? 2010-12-09T23:15:00Z “There are retiree groups that get together, mostly in Washington, and sit around and swap war stories, but I was living in California, and it was either write something or go fishing.” Shadowing Jason Matthews, the Ex-Spy Whose Cover Identity Is Author 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z “I like the scenes with people just sitting around enjoying each other’s company,” he said. My Brother Tom’s Schizophrenia 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Five years ago, it seemed like a swell idea for Mark Zuckerberg to connect every human being on the planet, because we would all sit around singing “Kumbaya” and ordering from Amazon. Where Trolls Reigned Free: A New History of Reddit 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z And then they agree to vote for someone with “values” and quietly sit around nodding in assent with their three no doubt biological children. Yes, it’s true, conservatives. Gay marriage won’t be mandatory 2012-09-05T19:40:00Z Jennifer Bryan started the costume stuff to your point about working class and we sat around. What would Kim Wexler wear? Rhea Seehorn on her iconic ponytail, Marshall’s separates and class 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z And all of us sat around her as she held court, telling us her about her life and her work. ArtsBeat: More Words About Ellen Stewart 2011-01-23T22:13:35Z Until Wednesday, I had seen “Roaratorio” only in spaces where the audience sat around the stage. Dance Review: Merce Cunningham Dance Company in ?Roaratorio? - Review 2011-12-08T23:13:25Z We were all sitting around in the studio waiting for Rihanna to give us these vocals, and we were all just praying that they were perfect - which they ended up being. Brit with a hit 2010-12-21T08:16:41Z This compelling play was staged in a plastic box on the stage of the Underbelly's Cow Barn, the audience instructed to sit around the edges on fold-out stools. Edinburgh fringe theatre 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z Like the two dozen interns sitting around him — and the thousands of other students who pour into Washington every summer — Joaquin traveled a long way for this opportunity. Francisco Joaquin is 63 and retired. And he’s quite possibly D.C.’s oldest intern. 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z I gotta say, it seems like watching a white lady puke on the floor would be more exciting than a bunch of people sitting around eating a meal together, but this felt fantastic. "The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans" recap: Have Mercy 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Davis and Crawford didn’t sit around waiting for the phone to ring. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 6 Recap: Midnight Descending 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z Does Sam Smith really sit around listening to “Full Moon Fever”? The 2015 Grammys and Keeping It Real 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z They sat around a table; I remained standing. He made me his drug mule 2013-05-01T11:45:00Z “I’m not going to sit around and listen to what Ashley and his ilk are saying about me.” When Bravo Comes to Charleston 2014-04-18T19:56:40Z On the right, a big group is sitting around a skinny table that can be partitioned from the rest of the dining area by drawing a floor-to-ceiling curtain, as in an operating room. The Lobster Club Does Japanese, From Raw to Half-Baked 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z I’d never been much of a joiner — playgroups where moms sit around and talk about who’s sitting up or crawling or saying this many words in a sentence were never for me. “I didn’t feel fit to be a mother:” I was holding it together, pushing through, getting by, and then one night, I wasn’t 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Current unemployment rates in the hospitality industry sit around 15 percent, higher than almost any other industry. Looking ahead: The top food and agriculture stories for 2021 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z I’ve never had the luxury of sitting around the table at Thanksgiving with relatives and answering the question, “How’s work going?” That awkward conversation about my stripping 2014-03-04T00:00:00Z Maeve boards the high-tech train that will take her to freedom, and looks anxiously at the people sitting around her; for the first time in many episodes, she looks vulnerable and frail. “Westworld” Season One Finale: Violent Ends 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z The Martian Left for dead on the red planet, Matt Damon’s stranded Nasa scientist is surely the loneliest person in movie history, but does he sit around and mope? From Panic Room to Cabin Fever: films about isolation, to watch in self-isolation 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z I tried to picture myself sitting around with Hank or the Carter Family, to get myself into that place. Music: Bob Dylan Assembles ?The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams? 2011-09-23T19:16:45Z Mashed potatoes or none, the very reason everyone was sitting around my imagined poinsettias was to be together, all at the table for a time, the only true peccadillo being withholding one’s company. When you cook your worst at Thanksgiving, here’s how to recover with grace 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z A living room, with you six women sitting around singing, gossiping, talking, laughing, and just include the audience,’ ” said the producer, Eric Krebs, who brought the show together. The Women of ‘I Sing for Freedom’ 2013-08-11T21:50:03Z When they meet, they sit around a wooden table draped in red cloth. World Book Night: Which Titles Will Be Given Away in 2013? 2012-11-09T05:00:53Z The moment we made a bonfire and sat around it telling stories, we had theatre. Portrait of the artist: Robert Lepage, director 2010-12-06T22:29:00Z Mr. Harmon and assorted guest stars revisit the heyday of fantasy role-playing games by sitting around a table in front of a live audience and basically playing one, with a game master presiding. Tired of the Convention? A Guide to Shows to Watch Instead 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z When the three Russell women sit around Rachel’s dining table, those wounds readily rise to the surface for examination and inspiration. ‘Dork Diaries’: The book empire built one awkward moment at a time 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z She recounted a time when she sat around playing on Tinder with a couple of her friends. Bow down to "the Tinder Queen": Dating apps aren't just for hooking up 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z In one scene, they all sat around the table between takes stealing glances at her. Shirley MacLaine: the new dame in Downton 2012-08-24T22:01:23Z The longer a collection sits around, the less contemporary it becomes. Scene/Seen: In Arts Capital, Galleries Fill a Void 2010-10-15T13:30:00Z She sits around the dinner table with her family before her journey begins and holds court. TV highlights 10/08/201: Timothy Spall: Back At Sea 2011-08-09T22:00:01Z When I’m surrounded by people who wear sugar, I understand why they like it and why those sitting around them like it. Skin Deep: Perfumers Turn to Scents of Candy - Skin Deep 2011-12-05T19:01:44Z Whoever said that we should all sit around in groups and talk about our addictions? What really goes on inside rehab 2013-02-12T21:48:00Z He's not sitting around talking about how people are trying and failing, he's just putting his head up and stick down. Kevin Smith: Why He's Going Rogue with Red State 2011-02-04T00:05:00Z So the pile sat around, sparking no joy among the officials charged with its safekeeping. How the Census Changed America 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z The cop sits around with his boss, after the shooting and the boss says, “You did what you had to do.” Vince Gilligan: I’ve never Googled “Breaking Bad” 2012-07-23T20:47:00Z “The point of having people over is to sit around and talk. You don’t get that much leisure time, especially in New York.” How Six Different Cooks Set Striking Thanksgiving Tables 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z On any ordinary show, they would just have me sit around being a nerd. Rainn Wilson and Friends band together to support Mona Foundation 2010-10-20T23:54:00Z Not everybody gets to sit around in a coffee house and talk about politics. Q&A with musician Steve Earle: ‘We have more in common with other human beings than we think’ 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z "It's not enough for women in the 21st century just to sit around and wait and be pretty," said Karen Sternheimer, a professor of sociology at the University of Southern California. Today's movie princesses want more than a prince 2012-06-22T18:21:09Z So let us – admittedly mostly as an excuse to sit around quoting the most quotable American film of all – count the ways the film reflects what condition Donald Trump’s condition is in: ‘Donny, you're out of your element’: the 2016 election in 15 Big Lebowski quotes 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z I would much prefer to be working than sitting around on a big, luxurious budget. Sarah Jessica Parker on 'Divorce' and 'Sex and the City' 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Everyone sits around and eats and talks and laughs. International Flavor 2010-11-19T16:21:00Z “When you’re involved in a fantasy league, pretty much all you do is sit around on a couch all day and just watch football,” said Mitri. From fantasy to reality: Brooklyn sculptor turns love of fantasy football into business 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z "I never thought being a celebrity would be so hard," he says on the show, adding that he previously imagined that stars simply sat around their mansions all day. David Hasselhoff swaps life with namesake for TV show 2011-07-22T20:13:36Z We didn’t sit around at Pitch Perfect and high-five over our femininity. Elizabeth Banks: 'I want control over how much money I make' 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z But inevitably, as we sat around listening, they would start talking about the music. Prince’s genius changed my life: How I quit my network job — and found religion — to his funky beat 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z “And once the challenge is gone, I sit around twiddling my thumbs.” Greek yogurt you’ll swear came from the gods 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Sure, Josh sits around the Horowitz mansion in his sad plaids and Amnesty International T-shirts, complaining about Cher’s narcissism and consumerism and listening to Radiohead. “Clueless” and the end of Gen X: How Cher Horowitz taught us to stop worrying and embrace millennial optimism, post-racial fantasy and the 1 percent 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Cézanne’s images of workers on his family farm — pipe-smoking men sitting around a table, their expressions dour, their dress drab, absorbed in a game of cards — are among his most recognizable works. ?A Card Player,? a C?zanne Watercolor for Sale by Christie?s 2012-03-26T23:27:55Z We’d gather people for a couple of days and sit around and pitch very loose ideas, and then Eric and I would map out the kinds of bits we wanted to do. Adult Swim: How an Animation Experiment Conquered Late-Night TV 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z “They don’t call me the hardest-working woman in blues, soul, funk and gospel for nothing,” Lady A says with a big, easy laugh — the kind usually heard sitting around in an old friend’s kitchen. Seattle’s Lady A confronts white privilege in battle with country stars and beyond 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z They were in a mutual friend’s backyard, where Ms. Mano, who then lived in Dallas, sat around a fire pit sipping wine with other guests. One Question Left on the Board 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Inviting everyone to socialize before sitting around the table meant that the dinner itself felt like a continuation, rather than the inception, of a sprawling conversation. How an Author and His Husband Host Casual Dinners in Their New York Apartment 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z He went on to explain: “The individual who is mistake-free is probably sitting around doing nothing. And that is a very big mistake.” Perspective | Avoiding mistakes isn’t the way to win 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z His own idea of a life, which includes “sitting around in cafés all day arguing about politics or gossiping about our friends’ complex polyamorous love affairs,” may not be everyone’s. The Bullshit-Job Boom 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z I don't like to sit around pondering things. Black Sabbath goes back to the beginning to recharge 2013-08-15T13:12:36Z Lift's was perfect when up in the clouds, half asleep; the Elbow album was more suited to sitting around empty airports. Musicians and their obsessions 2010-12-09T21:46:00Z There was this very important writers’ assistant named Joey, and she sat in the corner and actually did all the writing, the typing, while we were all just sitting around talking. ArtsBeat: Michael Cera on the Return of ‘Arrested Development’ 2013-05-24T16:07:25Z “I’m not going to sit around and say I’m getting old,” he said. Triathletes, 40-Somethings, Going for Youth 2010-10-22T21:50:00Z "I sat around in my f**king house eating and drinking and listening to music and fearing my future," she says with a laugh. "I'm a Scottish witch, I think": Shirley Manson on the prescient lyrics in Garbage's dark new album 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z All you guys do is sit around and wait. The League: 10 Things We Learned from the Cast and Creators 2013-10-31T09:45:44Z When the coronavirus pandemic hit, “I sat around with my partner in quarantine with nothing to do but thaw chicken like everyone else,” he said. Shepard Smith was a big catch for CNBC. But the viewers haven’t followed him from Fox. 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Christian: In between all of that though it wasn't as though we were sitting around waiting for an answer. Royal hoax DJs interview – full transcript 2012-12-10T08:26:16Z I tend just to sit around and just watch. David Attenborough Still Has Hope for Our Future 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z One longtime contributor, Mitchell Abidor, 70, compared the magazine’s former iteration, even before Mr. Bush’s arrival in 2002, to “friendship clubs in Miami Beach, where old Jews would sit around and play canasta and moan.” She’s Building a Little Jewish Magazine On Big Ideas 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Only two years older than J, this sullen, baby-faced dimwit, who does his older brothers’ bidding, sits around in a daze, his brow furrowed, his fingers covering his mouth. | 'Animal Kingdom': Gangsters, All in the Family, in Melbourne 2010-08-12T22:24:00Z Smiles are contagious in a group of men sitting around drinking alcohol, according to a study announced Tuesday in the journal Clinical Psychological Science. Science Explains Why Men Get Wasted Together 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Anchoring the show, for instance, is a miniaturized highway, sitting around three feet off the ground. How an Artist Learned About Freedom From ‘The Negro Motorist Green Book’ 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z A group of about 30 people sits around the table and after Cox explained what he saw as the benefits of joining — collective bargaining, negotiating retirement and health benefits — he made a plea: Drain the swamp? Not if this guy can help it. 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z “For my sister and I, some of our best memories are sitting around the kitchen table, just folding dumplings.” The future of American food is here, and it’s chicken tikka poutine and meatball dumplings 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Moments later, Rick imagined him and his friends blissfully sitting around an al fresco table at Alexandria, eating a meal, with Abraham still alive and Glenn dandling Maggie’s baby. The Walking Dead season seven premiere: The Day Will Come When You Won't Be 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z “So you can assume that it’s all futile and sit around and mope about it, or you can think that we should be doing everything that we can to eliminate what’s unnecessary.” Should We Be More Pessimistic? 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z There were about a dozen of us sitting around a coffee table laden with chips and veggies. Perspective | Feeling discouraged about the state of the world? Drop in on a book club. 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z “I sat around for a month or two trying to think of something else and I thought, ‘Maybe it’s over, maybe it’s over,’ ” he said. A Philip Roth Reader 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z People sitting around us probably heard us say, yo, remember that time! a thousand times that night. "We young, bro": My friend lost a decade of his life, but I can't go back to our youth with him 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z It is she who provides the show’s introduction, evoking a time when families sat around radios to hear the same stories and have the same reactions. Review: ‘Fondly, Collette Richland’ Offers Open-Eyed Dreaming 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z The atmosphere was always more comfortable, more warm-hearted, when my mother and I sat around playing music together. Madeleine Peyroux, singer – portrait of the artist 2013-04-23T17:20:43Z Afterward, you get to sit around with frozen peas on your crotch. Panic! At the vasectomy table 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Eventually, he concludes, he’s got nothing to do except “sit around and wait to die.” Sturgill Simpson’s ‘Metamodern Sounds in Country Music’ 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z With Tweets, if you’re sitting around for more than 45 seconds, it’s probably not the medium for you”— has 1.5 million followers. A Long Day at ?The Office? with Mindy Kaling 2011-09-25T04:30:05Z Being at my grandmother’s apartment in Hungary, sitting around a little kitchen table, licking the wooden spoons she used for making the cake batter. Johanna Konta: ‘When I was five, I wanted to be a cleaning lady’ 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z Sometimes you’re sitting around a room coming up with bits and somebody will say something but you think they said something else, and it will actually turn into something good. ArtsBeat Blog: Emmys Watch: A.D. Miles on 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' 2011-09-17T17:40:02Z You are all incredibly similar to the people sitting around you right now. Art vs. Blasphemy 2012-09-18T14:57:34Z “I didn’t sit around thinking, ‘Oh, one day when she gets married … ’” Mrs. Wigfield explained. ‘Great News’ Gives a Mother-Daughter Team an Onscreen Moment 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z It is what often happens in series television – you're sitting around saying, "Oh my god, we've run out of money. What are we going to do?" "Around the World in 80 Days" co-creator on the twist ending, David Tennant and where to go next 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z “As I sit around watching hero after hero, man after man, fall at the realisation of their past indiscretions, I don’t sit by and wonder ‘who will be next?’ Super Size Me's Morgan Spurlock admits sexual misconduct in open letter 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Then they go back to their hideout to sit around for long periods of time and shoot the breeze. Paul Kingsnorth bracingly conjures a vanished world in 'The Wake' 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z A lot of story ideas got generated because we were sitting around talking, either at a bar, at a party or playing softball, and something would get created. How David L. Ulin and Paul Kolsby co-wrote their satiric earthquake novel, 'Ear to the Ground' 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z “You sit around in the morning with a cup of coffee, then you sit around at night with a glass of beer,” Mr. Arroyo said. Breweries Find That Coffee Is Their Second Favorite Beverage 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z This is the time of year that I sit around and watch everybody else get nominated for Oscars. Kevin Bacon: this much I know 2013-01-19T19:30:01Z “I was so jealous of how much they collaborated, the designers and playwright and director, all sitting around a table talking about what the piece was about,” she says. Everyone needs an editor, even choreographers. Now, they’re finally welcoming more voices in the studio. 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z At one point a couple of the band members sit around listening to the newly released “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” David Mitchell Brings His Novelistic High Jinks to the Swinging ’60s 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z So you feel free to sit around and say, `Oh! 50 years on, finding profit in `truth' on JFK case 2013-05-11T16:07:15Z I also trusted him because I knew how thrilled he was about becoming a father, and so I just quietly hoped that the weekend would consist largely of sitting around on the beach and drinking. How do strip clubs hurt me? 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She just sat around holding her feelings on her lap. Sarah Silverman switches to drama. But she’s still making people squirm. 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Seven contributors – five black, one white and one of Indian descent – sit around a kitchen table with three laptops, two iPhones and an iPad, BlackBerry and box of cigarettes. South Africa's new comedians find a nation eager for laughs 2013-01-04T13:02:55Z "Shows like Big Bang Theory don't assign scripts to individual writers. The entire staff sits around a table and cobbles the draft together." More buck for your Big Bang Theory 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z And a lot of the action consists of kids typing at computers and lawyers sitting around tables. Face-Off: The Makings of the Facebook Movie 2010-09-23T08:15:00Z But for all of us, it's a lot of time, no matter what you're doing, to sit around and see everything be different and wonder what the next step is. Henry Rollins calls U.S. men "the dumbest creatures" & Trump "wrongest possible" leader for pandemic 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z He feels he is privileged to sit around the metaphorical table with teenagers. John Green: 'I'm tired of adults telling teenagers that they aren't smart' 2013-02-27T16:04:45Z There’s a lot of sitting around tables and talking about the troubles of the kingdom, which would be fine in moderation. ‘House of the Dragon’ Review: Domesticating ‘Game of Thrones’ 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z It’s fun when you’re just sitting around waiting for the next setup in a scene to just play a quick game. ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’: Lola Tung on Growing Up Alongside Belly 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z |
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