sit back
Example Sentences
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The author is remarkably good at finding an obscure statistic or fact that causes the reader to sit back and ponder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
“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
“Don’t sit back and say, ‘I’ll do what I was doing before,’” Smith says.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026
"Every 15, 30 minutes, can you stand up, shake around, sit back down?" says Blodgett.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026
Amil would stand up, rubbing his behind and sit back down, finally eating, or picking up his toy.
From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani
