: served to seated diners
a sit-down dinner
also
: of, relating to, or serving sit-down meals
a sit-down restaurant
1
: a cessation of work by employees while maintaining continuous occupation of their place of employment as a protest and means toward forcing compliance with demands
2
: a mass obstruction of an activity by sitting down to demonstrate a grievance or to get the activity modified or halted
3
: a meeting held especially to discuss and resolve problems or conflicts
Examples of sit-down in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Shannon McMahon, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2024
Hendricks and Bianchini then treated their guests to a sit-down, multi-course dinner fittingly featuring Southern New Orleans fare.
—Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2024
Paul Cronin at Ukiah High has applied for, and interviewed for, a couple of Trinity League coaching positions including a sit-down with Brennan.
—Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 18 Apr. 2024
During the four-day affair, choose between fancy sit-down coursed dinners to walk-around tastings and relaxed grilling events.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
Fast food and sit-down restaurants across the U.S. are offering customers freebies and discounts to celebrate the occasion.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024
La Terraza, meanwhile, serves handcrafted pizzas and burgers in a more casual sit-down setting.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2024
Those who want to enjoy the bakery’s bread in a sit-down setting can find its sourdough at Place des Fêtes, in Clinton Hill, and toasted sandwiches at the old Oxalis space in Crown Heights, which is scheduled to reopen as an (as yet unnamed) all-day cafe in mid-May.
—Devorah Lev-Tov Kin Woo Ella Riley-Adams Jameson Montgomery Kurt Soller Megan O’Sullivan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Majors, who did not testify during the December trial, reacted to the verdict weeks later in January in a sit-down interview with ABC News, which is owned by Disney.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2023
News in the sit-down, which was recorded on March 15.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023
The seven new sit-down restaurants are serving an impressive mix of Italian, Eastern European, Brazilian, French and Mexican food.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
There are no plans for a follow-on sit-down conversation.
—John Hudson, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
Unlike his sit-down restaurant in Peoria, the new concept is more casual.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
Mobay Cafe is a sit-down restaurant with a patio and bar.
—Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2023
There are also many talk show interviews, some enlightening and some as brutally uncomfortable as the Susskind sit-down.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2023
Pellicano’s portrait comes into focus through interviews with reporters and victims, archival photographs and footage, audio recordings of his phone calls and eventually a sit-down with the man himself, who was released from prison in 2019.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2023
Adjective
Branson said in an informal sit-down in his living room.
—Shannon McMahon, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2024
Hendricks and Bianchini then treated their guests to a sit-down, multi-course dinner fittingly featuring Southern New Orleans fare.
—Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2024
Paul Cronin at Ukiah High has applied for, and interviewed for, a couple of Trinity League coaching positions including a sit-down with Brennan.
—Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 18 Apr. 2024
During the four-day affair, choose between fancy sit-down coursed dinners to walk-around tastings and relaxed grilling events.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
Fast food and sit-down restaurants across the U.S. are offering customers freebies and discounts to celebrate the occasion.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024
La Terraza, meanwhile, serves handcrafted pizzas and burgers in a more casual sit-down setting.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2024
Those who want to enjoy the bakery’s bread in a sit-down setting can find its sourdough at Place des Fêtes, in Clinton Hill, and toasted sandwiches at the old Oxalis space in Crown Heights, which is scheduled to reopen as an (as yet unnamed) all-day cafe in mid-May.
—Devorah Lev-Tov Kin Woo Ella Riley-Adams Jameson Montgomery Kurt Soller Megan O’Sullivan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Majors, who did not testify during the December trial, reacted to the verdict weeks later in January in a sit-down interview with ABC News, which is owned by Disney.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Noun
Ahead of the sit-down dinner and ceremony, guests such as Storm Reid, Christine Quinn, Jurnee Smollett, and Lukas Gage trickled in from the rainy outdoors over an hour or so, greeted inside with Casamigos cocktails, filet mignon canapés, and more.
—Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2023
News in the sit-down, which was recorded on March 15.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023
The seven new sit-down restaurants are serving an impressive mix of Italian, Eastern European, Brazilian, French and Mexican food.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
There are no plans for a follow-on sit-down conversation.
—John Hudson, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
Unlike his sit-down restaurant in Peoria, the new concept is more casual.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
Mobay Cafe is a sit-down restaurant with a patio and bar.
—Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2023
There are also many talk show interviews, some enlightening and some as brutally uncomfortable as the Susskind sit-down.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2023
Pellicano’s portrait comes into focus through interviews with reporters and victims, archival photographs and footage, audio recordings of his phone calls and eventually a sit-down with the man himself, who was released from prison in 2019.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2023
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