Synonym: be seated, perch. Antonym: stand. Similar words: site, sit up, sit on, as it is, visitor, transit, deposit, density. Meaning: [sɪt] v. 1. be seated 2. sit around, often unused 3. take a seat 4. be in session 5. assume a posture as for artistic purposes 6. sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions 7. work or act as a baby-sitter 8. show to a seat; assign a seat for.
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181. You've got to show your dog who's boss. When you say sit, he should sit.
182. He was unable to sit still for longer than a few minutes.
183. A number of students came up last week to sit for the university entrance exam.
184. She tried to sit up, her eyes fixed on Jean's face.
185. Even the most apathetic students are beginning to sit up and listen.
186. She had to sit out the last dance because of a twisted ankle.
187. I had to sit at home twiddling my thumbs, waiting for the phone to ring.
188. He was too shy to come sit by me in class.
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189. At first the boy had not seemed much interested in what the teacher was saying, but when the teacher called him, he began to sit up.
190. They are collecting information in preparation for the day when the two sides sit down and talk.
191. I sit down, thread a needle, snip off an old button.
192. The government is prepared to sit out the strike rather than agree to union demands.
193. The proposal had made his clients sit up and take notice.
194. Whether we like a particular piece of news or not, all we have to do is sit in front of the tube and 'let it happen'.
195. The president's wife doesn't muck around with policy or sit in on Cabinet meetings.
196. Short skirts tend to ride up when you sit down.
197. You'll go square-eyed if you sit in front of that TV any more!
198. Some of them think that big company directors don't do any work, but just sit in their offices gathering in the profits.
199. I wonder if you could ease up a little, as some more people want to sit down.
200. You just have to sit down and slog through long lists of new vocabulary.
201. Usually, you would just sit listlessly, too hot to do anything else.
202. You need to sit down and analyse why you feel so upset.
203. You can sit here in your spare time and read the carpet!
204. I need to sit down and rest my weary limbs.
205. Come and sit by the fire - you look chilled to the bone.
206. I don't feel energetic enough to rush about, so I'll sit down.
207. I called her a damned hypocrite and that made her sit up.
208. Now then, try to sit up and have some of this soup.
209. The children are too young to sit through a concert.
210. You'd better sit down, this news will freak you out.
More similar words: site, sit up, sit on, as it is, visitor, transit, deposit, density, position, hesitate, as it were, intensity, diversity, sensitive, situation, composition, transition, opposition, inquisitive, sensitivity, acquisition.