sit through

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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Anyone who has sat through a founder pitch knows how valuable that skill is. Krishan Arora, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 After six innings, the crowd of 38,872 watching two historic rivals sat through a 15-minute delay. Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 5 July 2026 One of the regular guests at those meetings described to me how Putin had trouble sitting through them. Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026 Fans, perhaps impatient for something to justify sitting through the sweltering 90-degree heat, started doing the wave around the 18-minute mark. Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 30 June 2026 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 12 Jul. 2026.

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