sit on

verb

sat on; sitting on; sits on

transitive verb

1

: to hold deliberations concerning

2

: repress, squelch

3

: to delay action or decision concerning

4

: to wait or be ready for (a specific pitch) in baseball

Examples of sit on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In reality, the incident had no bearing on subway construction—much of Los Angeles sits on or near petroleum and natural-gas deposits, and Metro engineers had already demonstrated that they were equipped to deal with the hazards—but the bill passed anyway. —Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 9 May 2026

Residents own their homes but pay rent on the land the homes sit on. —Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026

Cut tomatoes sitting on top of the pizza oven were measured above proper holding temperature. —Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado may 8, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026

How home warranties help homes sell faster Every day a home sits on the market costs the seller money. —Sharon Wu, USA Today, 8 May 2026

Part of that might be in part because of the setting of the Fondazione Prada’s Venice space, a 18th-century palazzo that was built on the ruins of a Gothic structure and sits on the Grand Canal. —Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 8 May 2026

Police say three men were sitting on the front step of a home on North 25th Street, near Berks Street, when someone fired at least five gunshots. —Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 8 May 2026

Three sat on dry food and a dish rack, next to the cookline reach-in cooler. —David J. Neal may 8, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026

The property sits on a 9,960-square-foot lot. —Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 7 May 2026

Rhymes for sit on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon