How to Use sit on in a Sentence

sit on

verb
  • My voice is sitting on the moon.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • These aren’t items sitting on a shelf.
    — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
  • The guy in the ad who’s sitting on a stoop?
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Morani sat on a case of Bud Light.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2026
  • But the time came to refuse to sit on the sidelines.
    — Jason Collins, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Two vapes, a lighter and an ashtray sat on a counter.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2026
  • And sitting on your butt all day doesn’t work these glutes.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Coast Walk sits on an eroding coastal bluff.
    — Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The unit sits on a 2,286-square-foot lot.
    — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The unit sits on a 5,300-square-foot lot.
    — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Simply sit on the chair with your back straight and your feet flat on the ground.
    — Julia Ries Wexler, Health, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Neither of us ever sat on that bed.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • How did your baby/kid like sitting on it?
    — Briana Feigon, Architectural Digest, 17 June 2026
  • The firm's own targets sit on top of that thesis.
    — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • What could be worse than snuggling and sitting on his lap?
    — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The broken glass that sits on the sidewalk.
    — Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • People stood, sat on blankets or in lawn chairs from home.
    — Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Residents own their homes but pay rent on the land the homes sit on.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
  • His neighbors were sitting on the stoop.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Most of each ecosystem’s volume sits on its own side of that line.
    — Bill Curtis, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • A lot of what sits on grocery store shelves has already lost most of that.
    — Avery Newmark, AJC.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The shoes sit on a short, wedge-like heel that measures around four inches.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
  • Kids 2 and under must sit on laps only.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Three sat on dry food and a dish rack, next to the cookline reach-in cooler.
    — David J. Neal may 8, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
  • On the eighth day, Qassem sat on a slab of debris, his head in his hands.
    — Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
  • This adds some give in the top block—the upper part of the jean that sits on the waist and hips.
    — Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The courthouse sits on a 2-acre site in the heart of downtown.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The footage shows a pallet on fire sitting on a top row in storage.
    — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 12 June 2026
  • The ad sees the mother-daughter duo sitting on a couch.
    — Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
  • In one, a pencil holder sat on a desk undisturbed.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026

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