sit by

verb

sat by; sitting by; sits by

: to make no effort to stop something bad or unpleasant from happening

I won't sit idly by while he ruins his life!

Examples of sit by in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Long also wrote over the clip, which showed the family of three sitting by the water and opening a bottle of champagne. — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

The day after the earthquakes, some volunteers stumbled upon a 7-year-old boy named Mateo, shirtless and covered in debris, sitting by himself on a sidewalk in La Guaira. — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026

Foxx sat at the piano while his daughter sat by his side on guitar, proving she's inherited some of his musical talents. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 29 June 2026

That afternoon, David Peterson sat by himself at a circular table inside American Family Field’s visiting clubhouse, preparing for his first start as a Cub, studying the opponent with an electronic tablet and a yellow legal pad. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 28 June 2026

Rhymes for sit by

• apply
• awry
• belie
• bely
• bigeye
• bonsai
• buckeye
• comply
• coxae
• decry
• defy
• deny