1
2
3
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of sit
Next to me sat a banker from Vienna, living in Berlin, who wanted to move back to Vienna.
—
Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Next year’s mayoral election is expected to be a frenzy involving multiple sitting Charlotte City Council members.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
Thankfully there are plenty of places to sit for a break.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
Letterboxd videos have the feel of 2000s Entertainment Tonight press junket content, with stars sitting for brief interviews in front of promotional material.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 27 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sit
Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Next year’s mayoral election is expected to be a frenzy involving multiple sitting Charlotte City Council members.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
Thankfully there are plenty of places to sit for a break.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
Letterboxd videos have the feel of 2000s Entertainment Tonight press junket content, with stars sitting for brief interviews in front of promotional material.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 27 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sit
Verb
-
In spring training, Mets owner Steve Cohen set the playoffs as the baseline goal.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
-
With a grand opening date set for June 5, construction crews have about six weeks to finish up the $34 million project, now dubbed Clock Tower Landing.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
Talley was seated at a defense table flanked by five courtroom deputies and cuffed.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
-
But the children with reading challenges who are seated in classrooms across our country right now cannot wait for the political noise to die down.—
Ann Bullock,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
Iranian forces have laid mines and threatened commercial traffic in the narrow waterway.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
-
The top four-fifths of what will be a 212-foot-tall core stage arrived to KSC’s Turn Basin after making a 900-mile trip laying horizontally on NASA’s Pegasus barge, which picked up the hardware from the Michoud Assembly Building in New Orleans last week.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
Pascal Struijk stood away from the Leeds United group on the Wembley turf.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
-
Mets players continue to stand behind manager Carlos Mendoza amid the team’s extended struggles.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
In an early rehabilitation session, Sky director of health and human performance Jess Cohen instructed Vandersloot to attempt a simple mobility test by standing against a wall, raising onto the balls of her feet and attempting to squat down a few degrees.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
-
That breakout season prompted him to USC, and, later, Oregon, where, as a first-team All-American, Pregnon fully matured while benching 465 pounds and squatting 655.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
The noise levels in the arena reached epic proportions as the Hawks put the clamps on the Knicks.—
Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
24 Apr. 2026
-
Coulombe struck out Austin Wells for the second out, but from there Cora gave the ball to righty Greg Weissert, who allowed the go-ahead two-run pinch hit single to Cody Bellinger and then another RBI single to Judge to put New York ahead 4-2.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
Those observations have spawned about 23,000 research papers written by nearly 29,000 astronomers in total worldwide, and about 1,100 of those papers were written in 2025 alone.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2026
-
However, plans for a security fence there spawned dueling lawsuits between the Shapiros and a neighbor over who rightfully owns a sliver of land abutting the two properties.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
Golinski was more confident when the ball met the bat than Kirk was, so there was no posing or admiring the rare shot.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
-
Let’s imagine—in a case of truly terrible architectural planning—that there is only one extremely slow elevator, stopping at each floor and taking one minute per floor.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
21 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Sit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sit. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
