How to Use sitting in a Sentence

sitting

noun

• I got through the book in one sitting.
• We'll eat at the second sitting.
• He finished the portrait in one sitting.
• We have reservations for the 5:30 sitting.
• In the bridge of the song, I’m struck by the claim that there are people who say that sitting is bad.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
• And wait a minute, the big dude from Gulf Shores eats how many eggs at a sitting?
  — al, 14 Apr. 2022
• One of the snaps from this sitting ended up on the cover of TIME that same year.
  — Maria Mercedes Lara, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2022
• But some of the fence-sitting is down to hard-nosed realpolitik.
  — Monica Mark, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Apr. 2022
• Who is most likely to finish a pint of ice cream in one sitting?
  — Emily Becker, Women's Health, 24 May 2023
• At the time, only eight episodes had been made, and Campos watched them all in one sitting.
  — Sasha Urban, Variety, 5 May 2022
• The fifth floor has an en-suite bedroom and sitting area, while the sixth level is a rooftop terrace.
  — Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 10 Mar. 2022
• The bunk room with a fireplace is now a dining room and more formal sitting area.
  — oregonlive, 18 Jan. 2022
• The tractor will move through the fields plowing the soil, without the need for a human sitting in the vehicle.
  — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 11 Jan. 2022
• Plus, the fragility of these bottles means they are best consumed in one sitting.
  — Chrissie McClatchie, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2022
• If low-rise skirts aren't your thing, just tug up the waistline to a more comfortable sitting point.
  — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 1 Feb. 2023
• Don't feel the need to cover everything in one sitting.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 5 Dec. 2023
• The dog was reportedly a pit bull type which the mother of Lily's friend was pet sitting.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2023
• Those sittings — and there were many — must have been remarkable.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
• Zelina Vega looked fantastic sitting on the throne of the Queen’s Crown.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2021
• Before pet sitting or dog walking, AU Pet Crew will do a short meet and greet to get to know the client and their furry friend.
  — al, 24 Oct. 2021
• How to Do It: Start in a long sitting position, with one leg extended out in front of you.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 12 Apr. 2023
• The top floor is the owner’s suite, with a large bedroom, a bathroom, and a sitting or dressing area that has two closets.
  — Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022
• The room also sports its own sitting area, a spa-like bathroom, and a boutique-style closet.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2023
• Amid Eminem’s performance, the camera cut to show Blige and 50, both sitting and nodding along to the beat.
  — Darlene Aderoju, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2022
• Her eyes shut, she was draped in a robe with ermine trim, with an inkpot sitting on her skirt and one hand resting on an open book.
  — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
• The 1932 portrait depicts the artist’s blonde mistress, Marie-Thérèse Walter, dressed in a hat and green-checkered dress and sitting curled up in a chair.
  — Kelly Crow, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2023
• The two rode a moped, with Bojang driving and the 15-year-old sitting in the rear with the firearm, according to prosecutors.
  — Liam Reilly, CNN, 3 June 2022
• On average, one of Msasi’s looks takes 10 hours to paint during one sitting.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2022
• This method of five-minute walking and five-to-eight-minute sitting, is cost-free, science-based and effective.
  — Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 8 Mar. 2023
• An in-law suite that is separated from the main house has a kitchenette, a cozy sitting area, bedroom, and full bath.
  — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024