sit through
Example Sentences
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They would sit through hours of proceedings until a clerk directed them to exit the courtroom, with little to no clarification on what happened in their case.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026
The weather has already had an impact: France was forced to sit through a two-hour storm delay during its group-phase match against Iraq.
From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026
A big driver is the introduction of leveraged, single-firm ETFs, so risky that the government requires would-be investors to first sit through hours of instruction and take an eight-question exam.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026
But the show has not topped 20 million viewers since 2019, as younger viewers are content to watch highlights of the ceremony on social media, rather than sit through a three-hour-plus telecast on traditional TV.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
I was so antsy I couldn’t sit through five minutes of American Bandstand on television, when ordinarily I was glued to Dick Clark’s every word.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
