sit

Example Sentences

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Before 2020, local tax collectors had to sit at airports to spy on tail numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Built around a small lake, the park offers plenty of places to sit, eat and watch the ducks glide by.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Independents sit next to big-name chains, and business is brisk.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Britain's competition watchdog said Thursday that it had opened an investigation into Irish carrier Ryanair over fees that parents must pay to sit with their children.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

We’ll sit at all-night cafés, passionately debating which piece is more moving, “The Swan” from The Carnival of the Animals, or Elgar’s cello concerto.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold