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sitting tight

ADJECTIVE

dull

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boring flat lifeless listless placid quiet slow sluggish tight

STRONG

accustomed depressed even slack still yawn

WEAK

apathetic blah dead draggy falling-off inactive inert languid monotonous regular routine slothful stagnant stolid torpid unexciting unresponsive usual without incident

Antonyms

STRONGEST

active agitated alert energetic lively spirited

WEAK

bright clear eventful exciting intelligent interesting keen knifelike light luminous lustrous pointed quick sensitive serrated sharp smart vivacious witty

Example Sentences

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Many employers that typically rush to hire seasonal workers at this time of year are sitting tight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

While both of them are sitting tight, they said colleagues, mostly less experienced ones, were "putting feelers out" for alternative jobs.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2023

For now, investors are sitting tight, with juicy yields on Italian bonds helping the market benefit from strong flows into global bonds and a broad rally in riskier assets.

From Reuters • Apr. 11, 2023

So he’s been in the habit of sitting tight until he has tasks in front of him.

From Slate • Dec. 27, 2022

For me that was the hardest thing, sitting tight.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

sitting tight

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