How to Use sit-in in a Sentence

sit-in

1 of 2 noun

• The one-man sit-in mushroomed in the weeks after the attacks.
  — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
• So at the end the models came in and staged a sit-in instead of walking.
  — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 21 June 2024
• In 2016, two friends took to Twitter to announce plans for a sit-in.
  — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 14 June 2023
• Dozens of them managed to get into the office and staged a sit-in.
  — Juliana Liu, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
• Asha had been back home in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., when the first sit-in protest happened.
  — Wali Khan, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2023
• The latter was the site of the 1960 sit-in that led to the desegregation of lunch counters in the South.
  — Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
• The sit-ins, boycotts, protests and marches began in April.
  — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
• For a sit-in at a lunch counter, they were told, sit up straight, be courteous and don’t strike back.
  — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 10 June 2024
• The home’s foyer has a sit-in bar on one side and a formal dining room on the other.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2024
• Pierson and Diallo are Black, as were many of those involved in the sit-in.
  — The Courier-Journal, 28 Mar. 2024
• The first day was to be sit-ins in congressional offices.
  — John Leland, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
• Outside the convention hall, protesters held a sit-in near one of the doors.
  — Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 18 Nov. 2023
• As the sit-ins, teach-ins and die-ins continued, however, that began to change.
  — Charles Homans Gabra Zackman Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 29 May 2024
• The restaurant is open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with sit-in service only and has rules on over ordering.
  — David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2024
• Plans for a sit-in protest of the reading, and a counter-protest in support of the event, circulated online in recent days.
  — oregonlive, 10 June 2023
• The second was to drop charges against the 41 students arrested at a December sit-in.
  — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 May 2024
• Protesters held an eight-day sit-in at the office of the school board president in July 1963.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
• Here are some things to consider before buying: Kayak Type There are two types of kayaks on the market, sit-on-top and sit-in kayaks.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• On April 19th, thousands of people gathered for a sit-in beneath a clock tower.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2023
• Khan claimed in a tweet Monday that the sit-in is being orchestrated to remove the chief justice.
  — Munir Ahmed, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2023
• Mo — a prominent businessman — arrived at the sit-in that day around 6:30 a.m.
  — Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
• The group planned the Google sit-in protest and other recent actions targeting Project Nimbus.
  — Caroline Haskins, WIRED, 10 July 2024
• Hundreds held a sit-in in Bascom Hall, where the Chancellor's Office is housed, to demand more.
  — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2023
• Four years ago, the women staged a sit-in at their hotel after getting only half their bonuses.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• Activists launch a sit-in, and the ensuing police response spawns a wider movement, and in turn, a more sprawling crackdown.
  — Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
• In 1947, Black civil rights activist Bayard Rustin staged a sit-in at the hotel until he was provided a room.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 24 Nov. 2024
• These months of protest are told through the perspectives of participants in a sit-in organized in front of the Central Command of the Army in Khartoum.
  — John Bleasdale, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
• Videos show the protestors not only stood outside the office, but also entered it, staging a sit-in of sorts in the hallways.
  — Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 31 July 2024
• More than two dozen transgender people and their allies staged a sit-in at a U.S. Capitol bathroom on Thursday.
  — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
• Though the sit-in was a peaceful protest, the suit says, several students were injured as a result of police intervention.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024

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sit in

2 of 2 verb

• My mom, a nurse who’s seen her share of life , sat in the back.
  — Rekha Tenjarla, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
• Two guys were sitting in the front row with cans of beer.
  — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• The father and son have sat in the same seats for three seasons.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2024
• Tiger, the house cat, shows up, sitting in Josh Brolin’s lap.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2024
• Biden all sat in the front row with the first lady on Monday.
  — Erica Brown, CBS News, 11 June 2024
• The Avalanche, sporting a six-game win streak, sit in third place with 88 points in 69 games.
  — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2023
• In Oakland, highs will sit in the mid 60s and lows in the low to mid 40s through the weekend, Sarment said.
  — Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
• To avoid guests sitting in damp chairs, the planners removed the seats and had guests stand to line the aisle.
  — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
• Head to the balcony to sit in one of 200 original seats.
  — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2024
• This Porsche 911 Dakar didn’t sit in its owner’s garage for long.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2023
• If there was no one sitting in the center, which would have been most of the time, the purse could just go on the seat.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 30 Sep. 2023
• None had sat in the waiting room for more than five minutes.
  — Mckenzie Beard, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
• The wheels from a slot machine from the 1930s sit in his work room, waiting to be revamped.
  — cleveland, 12 Sep. 2023
• The family of victims of the school shooting sat in the first row in the small courtroom.
  — Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
• This is the case with the stock’s current SVI of 27%, which sits in the 14th annual percentile.
  — Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
• Lows are expected to sit in the mid- to high 80s through Sunday night.
  — Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2024
• And the non-adjustable 43 mm KYB forks now sit in triple clamps that have 14 mm more offset.
  — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2023
• This list could have been much longer and many sit in the same bracket of quality.
  — Andy Jones, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
• Around mid-July, the two of them were talking on the phone while Jesse sat in his house in Redding.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
• That must have been sitting in my stomach for 20 years [laughs].
  — Jonathan Cohen, Spin, 29 Aug. 2023
• Theodore Roosevelt sits in a the carriage of a crane at the Panama Canal, while workers look on.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2024
• So, who’s next in line for this seat that has lost so much of its sparkle because of the last two people to sit in it?
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 Nov. 2022
• But the question is how much longer the Malibu can pump out the jams while sitting in sunlight.
  — Jeremy White, WIRED, 16 Aug. 2023
• These may be the only bagels in the universe worth sitting in traffic for.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
• The deal was made as the franchise still sits in an ownership limbo of sorts.
  — Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 12 Aug. 2024
• William White founder Will Cooper, in clothes and sitting in a chair of his own creation.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024
• The man arrives home, turns on the light and sees Torres sitting in his living room.
  — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 5 Nov. 2023
• But Loudon’s wife was unaware that her biggest headache was sitting in the next room.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 23 Feb. 2024
• With nine regular-season games remaining, the Seals sit in 12th place in the 14-team National Lacrosse League.
  — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
• In 2019, the Texarkana Gazette reported that a man allegedly tried to steal a plane to see a concert in Illinois and was arrested after he was found sitting in the pilot's seat in the cockpit.
  — Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 23 Feb 2025