SIT in a Sentence

Learn SIT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
356 example sentences for SIT, such as:
1. He sat down, and made me sit beside him.
2. A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.
3. When two ride on one horse, one must sit behind.
4. Turf the cat out if you want to sit in the chair.
5. He would sit quietly and watch what was happening.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of SIT
sit
 v.  be located or situated somewhere
 v.  sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  You hate hard work, and you'll marry some rich man, and come home to sit in the lap of luxury all your days, said Jo.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY
2  Dearest People, Here I really sit at a front window of the Bath Hotel, Piccadilly.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
3  Some good angel inspired me to try gymnastics, and I kept it up till they were glad to sit down and keep still.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
4  You're a blighted being, and decidedly cross today because you can't sit in the lap of luxury all the time.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FOUR
5  Now, my dear boy, just sit quietly down and hear my plan.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
6  Rich people have no right to sit down and enjoy themselves, or let their money accumulate for others to waste.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
7  No, take this armchair; I will sit here in the rocking-chair.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT I
8  They told the others to leave off playing, and to come and sit down along with themselves.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IV
9  They made Ulysses sit down in the shelter as Nausicaa had told them, and brought him a shirt and cloak.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VI
10  On this the swineherd led the way into the hut and bade him sit down.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XIV
11  He went on board and sat in the stern, bidding Theoclymenus sit beside him; then the men let go the hawsers.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XV
12  He sat down, and made me sit beside him.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
13  Not liking to sit in the cold and darkness, I thought I would lie down on my bed, dressed as I was.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
14  Tea ready, I was going to approach the table; but she desired me to sit still, quite in her old peremptory tones.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
15  Eliza would sit half the day sewing, reading, or writing, and scarcely utter a word either to me or her sister.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
Example Sentence: (146 in 10 pages)
1  After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile.
2  After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a while.
3  Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your front porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs.
4  When two ride on one horse, one must sit behind.
5  I like to go off on my own - to sit back and bliss out in a darkened move theater.
6  Let us cross over the river and sit in the hade of the trees.
7  Don't sit on that bag - you'll squish the sandwiches.
8  He would sit quietly and watch what was happening.
9  A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.
10  I wonder if you could ease up a little, as some more people want to sit down.
11  You can't sit on the fence any longer - you have decide whose side you're on.
12  A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it.
13  Turf the cat out if you want to sit in the chair.
14  He hesitated and asked me if he could sit near me.
15  This is something that we should sit down and discuss as a team.