sat on

past tense of sit on

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sat on
Verb
  • Monaco was the first place Djokovic put down roots outside of Serbia.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 July 2026
  • Customers for Peak who have put down a deposit include independent power providers Jupiter Power, Energy Vault and RWE Americas, who are connecting utilities, and increasingly data centers, with batteries.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • The majority also slapped down his global tariffs, finding that only Congress had the authority to impose them.
    Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • Today the Supreme Court slapped down the move made by a federal appeals court last year to overturn Hernandez's conviction.
    Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • However, since then, the county has secured a victory after a judge earlier this month quashed a grand jury subpoena seeking the names and personal contact information for every person who worked during the 2020 election in the county.
    Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • But the organization's culture and systems quashed the sharing of that information.
    Tracy Lawrence, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • The government of husband-and-wife copresidents, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, has been carrying out an all-out crackdown on dissent since mass social protests in 2018 that the government violently repressed.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
  • Typically, ghosts show up in literature when something that has been repressed escapes and becomes everyone’s problem.
    Sarah Schulman, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • The attacker was also hospitalized because of wounds sustained while he was subdued by bystanders.
    Reuters, NBC news, 15 July 2026
  • The market appears to be pricing IQVIA as though biotech research spending will remain permanently subdued.
    Harvey Stober, CNBC, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • The section of the AT&T Stadium concourse where the group of DFW sports faces and media had gathered was quickly silenced.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
  • Scotland was back in it yet again and the Loftus crowd of 45,053 was silenced yet again.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
Verb
  • Why use glyphosate For well over a century, the state and federal government aggressively suppressed all fire in California forests — many of which were adapted to low-severity flames that rolled through the understory every five to 20 years.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 123 drones into the country in its latest wave, of which 108 drones were shot down or suppressed.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • The scant few remaining Arm compatibility concerns revolve around old printers and proprietary apps, but these have been all but squashed for the average user.
    Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026
  • In one montage played for laughs, an emperor is squashed by a panda and a king is beheaded, although there is no blood or guts to speak of.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 1 July 2026
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“Sat on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sat%20on. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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