sit through

phrasal verb

sat through; sitting through; sits through
: to go to (something) and stay until the end
We had to sit through another boring meeting.

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But anyone who thinks that the brief ubiquity of corporate diversity trainings is proof that the radical left wields great power and influence in America has quite simply never sat through a corporate diversity training. Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025 Jurors sat through nine days of grisly testimony and graphic autopsy photos as Assistant District Attorney Ian Vance-Curzan stitched together an eerie timeline of Robinson’s final hours. Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 1 Aug. 2025 But not all his hours on the clock are answering emails or sitting through meetings; the 62-year-old often spends his time as a leader envisioning the future. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 July 2025 Writer-director Mary Bronstein’s Montauk-set film is not always an easy one to sit through, placing the viewer at claustrophobic proximity to Byrne’s Linda, a therapist with a young daughter with a mysterious eating disorder, who is struggling to retain her grip. Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for sit through

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“Sit through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20through. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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