sit on

verb

sat on; sitting on; sits on
Synonyms of sit onnext

transitive verb

1
: to hold deliberations concerning
2
: repress, squelch
3
: to delay action or decision concerning
4
: to wait or be ready for (a specific pitch) in baseball

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Shretha sat on the ground petting her and feeding her water from a bottle. — Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026 Shretha sat on the ground petting Sweetie and giving her water from a bottle. — Victoria Milko, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 King walked into the room with impersonal frankness and sat on the bed beside me. — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 Then, in 2009, the school district opened Terra, another entirely magnet school that sits on the northern edge of Killian’s attendance boundary. — Austin Horn august 29, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sit on

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