sit still
idiom
: to sit without moving around
You can't expect young children to sit still for that long.
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Yes, the same creature known to bolt through a screen door
or dig up a bed of petunias with its nose
may sit still on occasion,
playing doctor in a white lab coat,
or pose chin-strapped to a birthday hat,
candles dancing in the background.
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Billy Collins, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
If a child who experienced early trauma now can’t sit still or stay organized, should she be treated for A.D.H.D.?
—Paul Tough Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
If your son is suddenly unable to sit still and begins to seem jittery, in teens without ADHD this can be a sign of steroid or creatine use.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 24 June 2025
That’s very important when it’s remembered that Nvidia’s geniuses never sit still.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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Billy Collins, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
If a child who experienced early trauma now can’t sit still or stay organized, should she be treated for A.D.H.D.?
—Paul Tough Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
If your son is suddenly unable to sit still and begins to seem jittery, in teens without ADHD this can be a sign of steroid or creatine use.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 24 June 2025
That’s very important when it’s remembered that Nvidia’s geniuses never sit still.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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“Sit still.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20still. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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