sit through
Example Sentences
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Most of the time, I would sit through the show, listening to the anchor and keeping an eye on my screen for any changing news.
When I look back over my shoulder, Owen is already running onto the field, rejoining the regular kids, the ones who aren’t on the news, the ones who never got shoved into a police cruiser or forced to sit through a community justice panel.
From Literature
Even if you know the story of “A Christmas Carol,” even if you’ve seen so many adaptations that you think you’ll go into a Christmas coma if you have to sit through one more, you’ve never seen anything like “A Diva’s Christmas Carol.”
From Salon
Many young people have developed shorter attention spans and may not—maybe can’t—sit through a two-hour movie.
A worthy successor to 1964’s “Fail Safe,” Ms. Bigelow’s documentary-tinged feature is almost too chilling to sit through.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
