sit through
Example Sentences
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Most of the time, I would sit through the show, listening to the anchor and keeping an eye on my screen for any changing news.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
We are trying to imagine what it was like to be a general or admiral in that room and to have to sit through this.
From Slate • Oct. 4, 2025
"If meeting the deadline is looking possible, people are prepared to sit through long hours - the longest I did was 24 hours," he recalls.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025
He forced Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to sit through a jovial, not-quite-joking discussion of the Great White North as the 51st state.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2025
“I don’t want to sit through study hall,” I said, trying to change the subject.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
