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
Now I could sit back and relax—or so I thought.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
“Don’t sit back and say, ‘I’ll do what I was doing before,’” Smith says.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026
He liked to sit back and watch the actors talking and walking about on the screen.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
