How to Use sit out in a Sentence

sit out

verb
  • Your car is sitting out in the open.
    — Chase Jordan february 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
  • More than a dozen players sat out.
    — Jonathan M. Alexander, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026
  • He might be forced to sit out their second game, too.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 19 May 2026
  • Mitchell sat out his fourth straight game with a nagging groin strain.
    — CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Brown and Queta both sat out the rest of the half.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
  • Embiid sat out again with a right oblique strain.
    — CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The other all but sits out the winter.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • How long can chicken sit out while thawing?
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
  • But even so, some farmers are electing to sit out a year.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Johnson sat out with a knee injury.
    — CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Soft cheeses should not sit out for longer than two hours, and hard cheeses for no more than four hours.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Pulisic came out blazing, but got kicked in the calf and sat out the second half.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 13 June 2026
  • This way, your car isn’t sitting out in the hot sun in your driveway all day.
    — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 8 June 2026
  • One evening, the pair were sitting out on the porch, chatting just the two of them.
    — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Penn has sat out most of the 2026 awards season.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Hard cheeses can sit out at room temperature for about two hours.
    — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 24 May 2026
  • Al Horford would sit out the second night of a back-to-back.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The barflies sitting out front know Winters well.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Anderson will have to sit out the first half of the Aztecs’ next game.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The president’s pick to sit out this time hasn’t yet been announced.
    — Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Just wasn’t wasn’t feeling right, and so decided to sit out.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Trader, who sat out four games, doesn’t have a catch and has been targeted twice.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Alt sat out for the next three games and the Chargers were worse for his absence.
    — Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Allow your board to sit out until the cheese warms up a bit before serving.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Smith sat out the next game and returned against the Spurs on Sunday.
    — Varun Shankar, Houston Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2026
  • That’s a valid reason to sit out free agency at the position.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Campbell sat out the last round, so this marks her return to the slasher franchise.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Flagg committed two fouls in the first four minutes and sat out the rest of the first quarter.
    — Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • If rice sits out too long, spores can grow and make a toxin that reheating won’t destroy.
    — Brandi Jones, Health, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Six others look out over the forest, and the lone cottage sits out front by the main entrance.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2026

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