sit through
phrasal verb
sat through; sitting through; sits through
: to go to (something) and stay until the end
We had to sit through another boring meeting.
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This summer, Ricks expects to sit through a few more meetings like this one, when his team will see results from studies testing the drug as a weight-loss treatment in people who are overweight or obese but don’t have diabetes.
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Alice Park, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
Reggie says sitting through the trial was excruciating.
—Vladimir Duthiers, Paul Larosa, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2025
López sat through lengthy rain delays in each of his first two starts; Bailey Ober lost eight pounds in the days leading up to his first game because of illness; Chris Paddack is struggling to go deep and doesn’t like the quality of his stuff.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
What that means precisely is kind of a mystery — are we supposed to sit through them all back-to-back like people do for The Lord of the Rings over the holidays?
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
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Alice Park, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
Reggie says sitting through the trial was excruciating.
—Vladimir Duthiers, Paul Larosa, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2025
López sat through lengthy rain delays in each of his first two starts; Bailey Ober lost eight pounds in the days leading up to his first game because of illness; Chris Paddack is struggling to go deep and doesn’t like the quality of his stuff.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
What that means precisely is kind of a mystery — are we supposed to sit through them all back-to-back like people do for The Lord of the Rings over the holidays?
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sit through
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“Sit through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20through. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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