How to Use kick around in a Sentence

kick around

verb
  • I really can't do much but kick around at work until I get the rest of the submissions.
  • The group kicked around a bunch of names.
    — Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • So of course, there’s things kicking around in my head with this show.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Of course, that’s not the only hack kicking around this week.
    — PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
  • One of the things that have been kicked around is a one-time 5% tax on billionaires.
    — Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 6 Jan. 2026
  • That bill's kicked around on the House's calendar for a few weeks now.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
  • So Trump will still have Vance to kick around, whether either of them likes it or not.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
  • One of the ideas that has been kicked around is putting the playoff event in larger cities and more historic venues.
    — Bob Buttitta, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
  • People were kicked around in the pit, pancaked at the front of the stage, and the crowd surfing had a 90% fail rate.
    — Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The bestselling novelist specializes in women who have been kicked around by life.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Last week, the Sixers started kicking around the idea of having George back in the mix soon.
    — Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Clear skies are in the forecast for the next few days as temperatures kick around the upper 90s.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
  • There are a few great Star Wars arcade games still kicking around, but this one is my personal favorite.
    — Alex James Kane, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Fans draped themselves in Haitian flags and danced to upbeat compas music while children kicked around soccer balls at the small meet-and-greet.
    — CBS News, 30 May 2026
  • In one form or another, the idea has been kicking around for decades, but Stardust has taken it a major—some might say terrifying—step forward.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Peralta leaders had kicked around the idea for years but avoided discussing it in concrete terms, with bureaucratic tangles often getting in the way.
    — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Heading into Tuesday, March 17, daily highs will kick around the upper 60s.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Calgary Flames forward Ryan Strome, a veteran of 916 games, doesn’t kick around with his teammates.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 8 June 2026
  • All told, it’s been a pretty spectacular and drama-free rollout for an idea that had been kicking around Hollywood for over 15 years.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 18 June 2026
  • Odenkirk and Kolstad have begun kicking around ideas for extending the character into an ongoing franchise.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • This approach is evident from the first time Mike visits Claire with an album of Neil Diamond sheet music to kick around ideas for his act.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • No balls were kicked around, but a first impression was made about a pitch that’s cropped tighter than a Pebble Beach fairway yet in impressive shape after four games over 11 days.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
  • There are a number of great kitchenware deals kicking around, including markdowns on nonstick and stainless steel cookware, air fryers, Keurigs, and immersion blenders.
    — Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 17 Sep. 2025
  • There are a number of great kitchenware deals kicking around, including markdowns on nonstick and stainless steel cookware, air fryers, Keurigs, and immersion blenders.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 3 Oct. 2025
  • There are a number of great kitchenware deals kicking around, including markdowns on nonstick and stainless steel cookware, air fryers, Keurigs, and immersion blenders.
    — Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 23 Sep. 2025
  • One idea some appropriators are kicking around is a December funding deadline, but not one that bumps against Christmas, as has become standard.
    — Al Weaver, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Other ideas kicked around over the years have been subsidized housing or even returning it to its history of entertainment, as a high-end theater and performing arts academy.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Outdoor fitness Fun activities like shooting hoops, playing pickleball or kicking around a soccer ball are fantastic ways to build fitness and boost your health.
    — Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Originally from Asheville, North Carolina, Forsberg has been kicking around Pittsburgh for a hair more than a decade now.
    — Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Near where Cuin and Thiane were kicking around, Berkeley resident Marcelio Ramos banged his drum in preparation for the first draw.
    — Mathew Miranda december 5, Sacbee.com, 5 Dec. 2025

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