sit still
idiom
: to sit without moving around
You can't expect young children to sit still for that long.
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Each family had been given a private room to await the reunions, but the relatives couldn’t sit still.
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Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Never one to sit still, he’s gone a step further in his search for psychological balance by enlisting help from the Royal Air Force (RAF).
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Here's a look at three women leading the future of the bourbon industry:
Nichole Beam, operations manager at Harvest Express
Beam is not the type of woman to sit still.
—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Oct. 2025
But even younglings with a limited attention span, who can't sit still for an entire feature film, will forever have a connection to the screen icon who died Tuesday at the age of 89.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2025
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Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Never one to sit still, he’s gone a step further in his search for psychological balance by enlisting help from the Royal Air Force (RAF).
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Here's a look at three women leading the future of the bourbon industry:
Nichole Beam, operations manager at Harvest Express
Beam is not the type of woman to sit still.
—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Oct. 2025
But even younglings with a limited attention span, who can't sit still for an entire feature film, will forever have a connection to the screen icon who died Tuesday at the age of 89.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Sit still.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20still. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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