sit
[sɪt]
Definition:
1. Take a seat.
2. Be in session.
3. To be in a particular place.
'sit' example sentence:
- I read the book in one sitting.
- Can I sit next to you?
- Come and sit here—I've saved you a place.
- May I sit here?
- 'Sit down', she said.
- He sat taking notes of everything that was said.
- 'Sit down!' Meekly, she obeyed.
- 'Sit still!' she thundered.
- Make sure you have plenty of room to sit comfortably.
- Come and sit down—you look done in.
- Sit where I can see you.
- Can we sit down? I'm worn out.
- The children are too young to sit through a concert.
- Shove up! Jan wants to sit down.
- Sit still, will you!
- Parliament sits for less than six months of the year.
- There was nowhere for me to sit.
- I'm far too busy to sit around here.
- Don't just sit watching television ─ make yourself useful!
- He does 100 sit-ups each day.
- Sit wherever you like.
- Sit down—you're blocking my view.
- I sat down at the water's edge.
- He was told to sit down and wait.
- He basically just sits there and does nothing all day.
- His views did not sit comfortably with the management line.
- This is the first time I've sat behind the wheel since the accident.
- They have been sitting on my application for a month now.
- I spend most of my working day sitting at a desk.
- I sat down for a moment to gather my strength.
- Let's sit in the back row.
- I could sit and watch the river all day long.
- He indicated a chair. "Sit down."
- These protests have really made the government sit up and take notice.
- Bags I sit in the front seat!
- Move up, John, and let the lady sit down.
- Sit down or you'll lose your seat.
- Sit there and wait till I've done.
- 'Sit down and be quiet,' she ordered.
- She sat outside, waiting to find out her fate.
- I don't pay you to sit around all day doing nothing!
- There was this strange man sitting next to me on the plane.
- This is something that we should sit down and discuss as a team.
- The proposal had made his clients sit up and take notice.
- She would sit there drawing with the pencil stub.
- We found a cool place to sit.
- We found a large flat rock to sit on.
- Let's sit in the shade for a while.
- Let's sit in the shade and keep cool.
- They sat down to consider the problem.
- I don't get much exercise sitting in the office all day.
- There were several young people sitting around looking bored.
- That's his wife sitting at the far end of the table.
- Come and sit here ─ I've saved you a place.
- Can you reach the light switch from where you're sitting?
- We had to sit through nearly two hours of speeches.