sit back
Example Sentences
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“I feel like we’ve always been so in the moment of creating and evolving and doing our work, it seems strange to sit back and do a sort of retrospective.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
As Leader of Reform in KCC, I refuse to sit back and do nothing.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
That doesn’t mean you should sit back and wait for the airline to sort it out and rebook you.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
“Don’t sit back and say, ‘I’ll do what I was doing before,’” Smith says.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026
Questions were answered on a volunteer basis, and I was able to sit back and relax, confident that the same few students would do most of the talking.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
