sitting on

present participle of sit on

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sitting on
putting down
Verb
  • Students at a school district in Kentucky are putting down their phones and cracking books at a record pace now that devices are banned during class, district officials said.
    Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • There’s hard, mundane work outside of putting down the bottle and putting down the pipe.
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Sitting on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sitting%20on. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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