How to Use sit still in a Sentence

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• Once in the chair, be prepared to sit still for a while.
  — Fiona Embleton, Allure, 30 Apr. 2022
• In the game’s last seconds, Ona Sánchez couldn’t sit still.
  — Isabella Kwai, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2023
• Well, just sit still and listen and don’t ask any stupid questions.
  — Thallman, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• Well, just sit still and listen and don’t ask any stupid questions.
  — Thallman, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• If your kid simply will not sit still, these Baby Banz are the best choice for them.
  — Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2023
• The kids are very active and don’t sit still for more than a couple minutes at a time.
  — Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2023
• Attempts at re-creating the process found that the patients would have had to sit still for up to a minute.
  — Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2022
• My mother doesn’t like to sit outside or to sit still anywhere for very long.
  — Martha McPhee, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
• The girl seemed hesitant to eat the food at first, and continued to sit still even after it was brought to her.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
• Get sporty If your sweetheart isn’t one to sit still, fuel their fire with a sporty outing.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
• But, as has been very well-documented, Grohl can’t and won’t sit still.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 16 Feb. 2022
• The train is taking us all somewhere, and those who sit still and do nothing are in essence deciding to go along for the ride.
  — Mike Finger Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 28 May 2022
• Her grandfather used to pay her a nickel to sit still for five minutes.
  — Jamie Lauren Keiles Ismail Muhammad Kim Tingley Benoit Denizet-Lewis Sam Anderson Jazmine Hughes Irina Aleksander Sasha Weiss Rowan Ricardo Phillips Stella Bugbee Michael Paterniti Maggie Jones Robert Draper Rob Hoerburger Jason Zengerle Reginald Dwayne Betts Jane Hu David Marchese Hanif Abdurraqib Jenna Wortham Anthony Giardina Niela Orr Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2021
• History doesn’t sit still, frozen on its pedestal like a statue.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2021
• The 10-inch smart display is great for video calls with anyone who struggles to frame themselves or sit still since the screen rotates to best keep them in the shot.
  — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 31 July 2023
• But the problem isn’t requiring boys to sit still and pay attention.
  — WSJ, 19 Sep. 2023
• Some cats will sit still for a portrait more easily than others.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2022
• And in the aftermath of online learning, it’s been harder to get kids to quietly sit still.
  — Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 June 2022
• The students are missing class, struggling to read or do math and can hardly sit still after years of shape-shifting school days.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 12 June 2023
• Tamer inflation means that the central bank is likely to sit still and, if the trend continues, start cutting overnight rates in 2024.
  — WSJ, 15 Nov. 2023
• Family members described George D. Torres as the type who couldn’t sit still for very long.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2021
• Students are required to follow a precise dress code and to sit still and quietly, with hands folded in their laps or on their desks.
  — Abigail Kramer, ProPublica, 23 May 2023
• Students are required to follow a precise dress code and to sit still and quietly, with hands folded in their laps or on their desks.
  — Abigail Kramer, ProPublica, 23 May 2023
• Herding cats is hard, but getting dozens of smiling dogs to sit still for one photo might be more challenging.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 24 May 2023
• Herding cats is hard, but getting dozens of smiling dogs to sit still for one photo might be more challenging.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 24 May 2023
• Emanuel can barely sit still; Japan prizes calm and orderliness.
  — Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 14 May 2023
• But patience did not achieve its status as a virtue because our greatest moral thinkers held in high esteem the ability to sit still.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
• Your answer to the parent of the 4-year-old who is not interested in books and can’t sit still left out a possibility.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2021
• Not one to sit still, Marchant is already dreaming up an advanced curriculum.
  — Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 5 Oct. 2022
• Part of that show of respect is to remain reverent during this event and to refrain from eating, sleeping, or going outside, instead taking the time to pray and sit still.
  — The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024