Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sat on
Verb
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The video shows both girls putting down their backpacks at roughly the same time.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026 -
The beautiful cat curled up and died the day after Houdini was put down, too brokenhearted to go on.—
Via Scribner,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Time and time again, courts have slapped down these strong-arm tactics that lack the force of law.—
Bob Morgan,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2026
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And that’s the big ol’ marker general manager Adam Peters has slapped down on the table, a year-plus into his stint here.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Ethnic insurgencies may present the most realistic internal threat to the Iranian regime, which has quashed civil society and pro-democracy protest movements for years.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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At least six have been quashed by federal judges, while two more were limited in scope.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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There’s an inherent troublemaking nature to him that can’t be repressed by the big Disney musical.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
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During the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Kurds were marginalized and repressed and sometimes rebelled.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Diazsandi was subsequently subdued and taken into custody by the officers, police said.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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The Knicks had just come off a 142-103 victory in Denver on Friday night, one night after the Nuggets had subdued the Lakers, 120-113.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Horvat knocked in his team-leading 27th goal on a backhand shot that silenced the crowd in San Jose.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2026
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The stylus is then lowered for play, with the grinding sounds of the servo simultaneously silenced.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The other theme was how much player movement has been suppressed.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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The group also said the memorial had suppressed other voices that criticized Israel, including the Israeli philosopher Omri Boehm, who was slated to give a commemoration speech at Buchenwald last year.—
Shira Li Bartov,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In the morning of pick-up day, the subject does seem squashed.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
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But the confusion had already furthered some faculty members’ doubts about the university’s commitment to academic freedom, and concerns weren’t squashed in time to avoid the ire of the campus speech group known as the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.—
Samantha Ketterer,
Houston Chronicle,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Sat on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sat%20on. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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