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
• An elevator swept me up to the higher floors where the lobby sits next to the hotel’s all-day restaurant Lakorn.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
• All of the children, spouses and grandchildren sat with her and not their father at the viewing and funeral service.
  — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
• In downtown Santa Rosa, shady spots with a place to sit and rest were commodities.
  — Kenny Choi, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
• And all 101 players sat at attention in their chairs.
  — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
• Heat domes occur when a strong and persistent region of high pressure sits over land, trapping hot air like a lid on a pot.
  — Denise Chow, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
• Where is a leprechaun's favorite place to sit?
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 16 Mar. 2026
• That was Kylie Jenner, sitting next to him.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026

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
• Here, several superlative sectionals that earned high marks in all sorts of sit tests.
  — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2026
• Complete three to four sets (one wall-sit equals one set).
  — Jakob Roze, Health, 9 Mar. 2026