sit
Example Sentences
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“If the customers aren’t coming in, they don’t have a problem letting you sit around because you’re not costing them anything.”
Rangers were 13 points adrift of the surprise league leaders at that time and sat sixth in the division, having won just once in eight games.
From BBC
Campaigners for assisted dying will ask the House of Lords to sit late or start early in order to pass the legislation in time.
From BBC
The Gunners are reaping the rewards as they sit six points clear at the top of the Premier League and Frank hopes for the same treatment at Tottenham.
From Barron's
Her voice is low and breathy and her diction is flat, and her vocals sit a hair lower in the mix than one might expect.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.