How to Use sit-up in a Sentence

sit-up

1 of 2 noun

• The nurse held down a button that made the bed hum and slowly perform a kind of sit-up.
  — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
• Another part of the video shows the two men doing sit-ups in a sauna with their shirts off.
  — Charlotte Hazard, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2026
• Think sit-ups, pull-ups, push-ups, crunches or squats, as examples.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
• During sit-ups, engage your core and complete reps slowly and with control.
  — Jakob Roze, Health, 22 Oct. 2024
• McCarren Park features pull-up bars and sit-up seats.
  — The Editors, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2026
• In the segment, Kilmeade did crunches and Jones did sit-ups with a 25-pound weight.
  — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2025
• There is also a fitness court with various stations for pull-ups, sit-ups and stretching.
  — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2025
• Exercises such as sit-ups or push-ups commonly target core strength.
  — Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 7 Dec. 2024
• Exercises like push-ups, squats, sit-ups, lunges, and planks can improve muscle endurance.
  — Jenny McCoy, Health, 4 Dec. 2023
• For example, sit-ups to remove belly fat, or leg exercises to trim the thighs.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
• Some practice getting into character, while others do sit-ups and pull-ups to make their muscles pop.
  — Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
• The singer lifted weights on a sit-up bench with his spotter, also cooly rocking sunglasses indoors.
  — Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
• That test had kids running sprints, doing push-ups and sit-ups, and completing other physical feats.
  — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 May 2026
• Sexiest Man of the Year winner, may have done a few sit-ups and crunches in his day — in full slow-burn mode?
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
• These features give you more position options for moves like Russian twists, skull crushers, and sit-ups.
  — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 4 June 2025
• For sit-ups, male officers must do 37 in one minute and female officers 31.
  — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
• Avoid exercises that require you to bear weight, such as push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, and lifting weights, as these can worsen symptoms.
  — Emily Brown, Mph, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2024
• Sweating from push-ups, sit-ups and using a rowing machine is one thing, but a session at Hotworx is something else again.
  — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 25 July 2023
• Other services will at times allow biking or rowing as a cardio substitute for the run; planks are now more widely used than sit-ups.
  — Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
• The same can be said of long-standing resistance training exercises and bodyweight movements like pull-ups, squats, push-ups and sit-ups.
  — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
• After two years of hormones, the pushup and sit-up differences disappeared, although the trans women were still 12% faster.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
• However, sit-ups work your entire core while crunches target your abdominal muscles.
  — Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 16 Dec. 2025
• Crunches are a popular abdominal exercise that is similar to a sit-up but with a shorter range of motion.
  — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
• Here are 4 things to know and how to treat them If your abdominal muscles are not strong enough to do good sit-ups, begin with crunches (partial sit-ups).
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 25 May 2023
• The moves included throwing punches while doing sit-ups, sparring at a fierce pace, dodging punches, and kicking her sparring partner in the abs.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
• According to the outlet, Nelson regularly does sit-ups, arm rolls, leg lifts and jogs in place to keep his physical health in order.
  — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
• Students were generally asked to perform some combination of push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, running and reaching for their toes while seated.
  — Garrett Haake, NBC news, 31 July 2025
• Kids can do traditional abdominal crunches, bicycle crunches, legs-up sit-ups, and more.
  — Catherine Holecko, Parents, 3 July 2024
• Every night a family member had to remain awake to monitor David, who would jerk into 30-minute frenzies of rapid sit-ups.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
• In the clip, the actress completes her full-body workout, which featured weight lifting, mountain climbers, push-ups, sit-ups, lunges, and more before finishing with some stretches.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023

sit up

2 of 2 verb

• Rothman sat up at the front of the plane.
  — Jon Landau, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
• Think of your chimney as a tiny house that sits up on your roof.
  — Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
• Domínguez cupped his head in his glove and sat up after about a minute.
  — ABC News, 7 May 2026
• Wolfhard sits up straighter, the most dialled in he’s been so far.
  — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
• New are options to prompt you to rest your eyes and to sit up straight.
  — Michael J. Miller, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2022
• As Locke shifts his body to sit up, a gun is seen in his hand.
  — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2022
• Once in the version of the pose that works for you, sit up tall and breathe.
  — Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2025
• It can be used for babies who can sit up on their own up through preschool.
  — Anja Webb, Parents, 28 Nov. 2025
• The passing lane down the line was open, and the ball sat up for a clean strike.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• But the older woman, once supine, now sits up.
  — Weike Wang, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
• Turn to sit up in the hammock or lie facedown, then turn over to face up.
  — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2024
• People sit up a little straighter.
  — Alec Scott, Forbes.com, 12 Mar. 2026
• Fry was able to sit up and then was helped onto a cart and taken off the field.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
• It’s described as suitable for all ages as long as the child is able to sit up.
  — Jessica Rach, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2024
• The deer is last seen sitting up on the side of the road before the video ends.
  — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
• The two sat up front for the show, even sharing a kiss that was caught on camera!
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
• Dad sat up tall, waving both hands around to his neighbors, that big gleam across his face.
  — Raj Tawney, People.com, 15 June 2025
• Griffin sat up in her chair to push back on Hegseth’s attack.
  — Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 26 June 2025
• Unable to bear the silence any longer, Aisha sat up.
  — Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
• That first day trying to sit up in bed just everything hurt.
  — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
• Aisha threw back the blanket and tried to sit up, but Olie raised a hand to stop her.
  — Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
• Lewis appears to sit up in bed and raise a hand in the moments before he is shot.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2022
• Mark lays back while smoking a cigar while Ripa sits up and chats with friends.
  — Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 1 May 2025
• My only choice at that point was to sit up and wait for others to start working with.
  — Rob Reed, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
• Clooney is shackled in the back of a prison van, with Lopez sitting up front.
  — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• One is lying, one sitting up, but both provide scares.
  — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
• This is a wicked satire that would make Jonathan Swift sit up and take notice.
  — Barbara Ellis, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
• For context, Clooney was sitting up on the back of the booth most of the evening.
  — René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2026
• When sitting up, don’t cross your legs, and sit with your back straight and supported.
  — Kristen Fischer, Health, 11 Oct. 2024
• Madison had been awake for a little over an hour; Chloe had just sat up in her bed.
  — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025