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

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

"Every 15, 30 minutes, can you stand up, shake around, sit back down?" says Blodgett.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

I sit back in the car, feeling free.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi