How to Use sit in a Sentence

sit

1 of 2 verb

• The bird sat on the ledge.
• She sat the toddler in the chair.
• The cat likes to sit by the window.
• She walked around the table and sat across from me.
• He was sitting in a chair next to the window.
• The children sat cross-legged on the floor playing a game.
• Don't just sit there—do something!
• She sat across from me during dinner.
• The limousine is sitting outside.
• Are you going to sit there and watch TV all day?
• Patrick sat at the helm of the Senate floor, in the dais.
  — Olivia Osteen, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2023
• To the right of the entrance sits a wet bar in front of a cozy den.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2024
• Muddle the sugar and the lemon peels and let sit for at least an hour.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 12 July 2023
• Bea walked into the bright light of the galleria and sat at the small café.
  — Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
• The Browns took a knee in Week 18, sitting most of their key players.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2024
• That didn't sit well with investors in the company on the other side of the deal.
  — Dave Sebastian, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2023
• Now, Louisville once again sits poised to face what could be a massive strike.
  — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 30 Aug. 2023
• Next, sit squat while keeping your heels and toes on the ground, chest up, and shoulders back.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 18 Jan. 2024
• The Long Beach Millikan High gym sat, for a moment, in a stunned quiet.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
• This is sitting and living through the lives of others.
  — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2024
• The homes and buildings sit several feet above the boulevard.
  — WSJ, 31 Aug. 2023
• There’s a safer form of activism these days that sits comfortably in the click of a button.
  — Liz Appel, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
• Across the table, a woman sat with her forehead in her left hand.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 July 2023
• Rankine sat forward in his seat and wiped his eyes, while Collins hugged his lawyer.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 22 Dec. 2023
• Keep In Mind The chairs are designed to sit next to each other, so the trays are on opposite sides.
  — Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2023
• My job requires a lot of sitting at a desk in front of a computer.
  — Michelle Parente, Verywell Health, 13 May 2023
• The minor contact didn’t sit well with Elliott, who bumped Larson back when the cars got back on the track.
  — Dave Skretta, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
• The Rays had taken the tarps off the upper deck, and the crowd inspired their Class AA lefty sitting 20 rows up from first base.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 12 May 2023
• Schools have three years to spend the money but aren’t supposed to sit on it just for the sake of doing so, Beutner said.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
• To have a moment to sit and digest and think about it and talk about it, maybe watch it again to try to understand it.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 11 Dec. 2023

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sit

2 of 2 noun

• The walking-to-sit method even worked in the daytime, the results showed.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022
• Georgia Tech’s odds to pull off the upset sit at a long +1100.
  — Catena Media, al, 2 Sep. 2022
• Outraged special VIPs staged a sit-in in the front row.
  — Curbed, 18 Oct. 2022
• The First Sit There’s always something special about the first sit of the year on a bear bait.
  — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 25 May 2023
• Challenge your teen to see who can run the fastest, do the most sit-ups or walk the most steps every day or week.
  — Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 22 Sep. 2022
• The remnants of the building sit at the end of Center Street near College Avenue.
  — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 13 Apr. 2022
• Keeping your legs on the ground, perform a sit-up, reaching for your toes.
  — Greg Presto, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2022
• The inner lining pulls out for a sit pad in the backcountry, and for cleaning.
  — Outside Online, 23 June 2022
• During the sit-down, the mom of two opened up about her motherhood journey.
  — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 6 May 2022
• Darke will bring the sit ski and bike to Union Glacier Camp and then try each out on the terrain before making her choice.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2022
• For a long sit, nothing beats a pop-up, hub-style ground blind and a comfortable chair.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 14 Mar. 2023
• Only so many quirky sits, bad raps, and yaoi overtones the show can endure.
  — Vulture, 19 Mar. 2023
• Wide receiver Darnell Mooney was running a sit route in the middle of the field.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
• Protestors are planning an around-the-clock sit-in at the Statehouse throughout the week.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2022
• The protests followed the first sit-in at a whites-only lunch counter by four Black men, later known as the Greensboro Four.
  — Cheyanne Mumphrey and Jeff Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Feb. 2022
• So far, four teams have reached the Texans’ threshold and have flown to Houston for a sit-down with Watson.
  — Matt Young, Chron, 16 Mar. 2022
• Kalanick wanted a peaceful sit-in or march in the city’s center.
  — Aaron C. Davis, Rick Noack and Douglas MacMillan, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2022
• While clips aired on Today, the full sit-down aired in a special Dateline episode Friday.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2022
• The seat cushion is thick and comfortable for long sits, but sticks out and can be bulky if walking in tight brush.
  — Justin Park, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2023
• The subject matter is rough, but the film rewards the tough sit: The movie has earned wide critical acclaim.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 13 Jan. 2023
• Meghan chased her son on the beach in black-and-white home video footage shared during the Sussexes' sit-down with Winfrey, which aired in March.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2022
• Marked by parades, demonstrations, sit-ins and and rallies across the state, the campaign ended in a 62%-38% vote to repeal the law.
  — Julie Carr Smyth, ajc, 29 Nov. 2022
• Organizers of the podcast, amid the backlash, urged people to listen to the full episode of their sit-down with the rapper.
  — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2022
• His cartoons were printed on large placards and carried at protests and sit-ins.
  — Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 18 May 2022
• Making a kid sit for that long is usually a tall order.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 24 Feb. 2022
• In their midst comes Zeke Phillips (Tyler Lang), a young man who disrupts the status quo by staging a sit-in at a whites-only lunch counter.
  — Dallas News, 15 Dec. 2022
• While Keefe and Haraghey ski upright with two skis, 32-year-old Ravi Drugan uses a monoski, or sit-ski.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Mar. 2022
• Jenkinson asked in a sit-down with The Hollywood Reporter.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 July 2022
• Through the week, the star's sit-down with Guthrie will appear on Today, before more will be shown on a special Dateline Friday.
  — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 14 June 2022
• The protesters appeared prepared for the long-haul – or at least an extended sit-in.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024