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.

Examples of sit through in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Few areas of public life display that fear more vividly than development proposals, as anyone who has sat through a contentious zoning hearing can attest. —

David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024 Who would sit through days of bureaucratic meetings just to observe? —

Lisa Song, ProPublica, 10 May 2024 The historic nature of the trial -- the first time in nearly 150 years that a Cabinet secretary was impeached -- contrasted with the almost routine feel of the proceedings after senators have sat through two previous impeachment trials against former President Donald Trump in 2020 and 2021. —

Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 18 Apr. 2024 After a long two days of court naps and having to sit through mean memes, Donald Trump took to Truth Social to throw a tantrum. —

Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2024 The setup of the doc is fascinating: Belichick sat for interviews with all the enthusiasm of his friend Donald Trump sitting through an E. Jean Carroll hearing. —

Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024 Walsh had a fierce devotion to detail and a photographic memory that gave him the ability to sit through hours of court hearings taking notes only sparingly, then reproduce lengthy — and accurate — quotes for his stories. —

Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024 Each sat through a scene in all its edges and color, hyperreal to surreal, and walked on. —

Sophie Yun Mancini, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Mar. 2024 All 17 jurors have sat through the entire trial, not knowing who will be excused at the end as an alternate. —

Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2024

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