How to Use sit-up in a Sentence

sit-up

1 of 2 noun
  • The nurse held down a button that made the bed hum and slowly perform a kind of sit-up.
    — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Another part of the video shows the two men doing sit-ups in a sauna with their shirts off.
    — Charlotte Hazard, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Think sit-ups, pull-ups, push-ups, crunches or squats, as examples.
    — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
  • During sit-ups, engage your core and complete reps slowly and with control.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 22 Oct. 2024
  • McCarren Park features pull-up bars and sit-up seats.
    — The Editors, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2026
  • In the segment, Kilmeade did crunches and Jones did sit-ups with a 25-pound weight.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • There is also a fitness court with various stations for pull-ups, sit-ups and stretching.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2025
  • Exercises such as sit-ups or push-ups commonly target core strength.
    — Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Exercises like push-ups, squats, sit-ups, lunges, and planks can improve muscle endurance.
    — Jenny McCoy, Health, 4 Dec. 2023
  • For example, sit-ups to remove belly fat, or leg exercises to trim the thighs.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Some practice getting into character, while others do sit-ups and pull-ups to make their muscles pop.
    — Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The singer lifted weights on a sit-up bench with his spotter, also cooly rocking sunglasses indoors.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
  • That test had kids running sprints, doing push-ups and sit-ups, and completing other physical feats.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 May 2026
  • Sexiest Man of the Year winner, may have done a few sit-ups and crunches in his day — in full slow-burn mode?
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
  • These features give you more position options for moves like Russian twists, skull crushers, and sit-ups.
    — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 4 June 2025
  • For sit-ups, male officers must do 37 in one minute and female officers 31.
    — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Avoid exercises that require you to bear weight, such as push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, and lifting weights, as these can worsen symptoms.
    — Emily Brown, Mph, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Sweating from push-ups, sit-ups and using a rowing machine is one thing, but a session at Hotworx is something else again.
    — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 25 July 2023
  • Other services will at times allow biking or rowing as a cardio substitute for the run; planks are now more widely used than sit-ups.
    — Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The same can be said of long-standing resistance training exercises and bodyweight movements like pull-ups, squats, push-ups and sit-ups.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The same can be said of long-standing resistance training exercises and bodyweight movements like pull-ups, squats, push-ups and sit-ups.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
  • After two years of hormones, the pushup and sit-up differences disappeared, although the trans women were still 12% faster.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
  • However, sit-ups work your entire core while crunches target your abdominal muscles.
    — Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Crunches are a popular abdominal exercise that is similar to a sit-up but with a shorter range of motion.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Crunches are a popular abdominal exercise that is similar to a sit-up but with a shorter range of motion.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Here are 4 things to know and how to treat them If your abdominal muscles are not strong enough to do good sit-ups, begin with crunches (partial sit-ups).
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 25 May 2023
  • The moves included throwing punches while doing sit-ups, sparring at a fierce pace, dodging punches, and kicking her sparring partner in the abs.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
  • According to the outlet, Nelson regularly does sit-ups, arm rolls, leg lifts and jogs in place to keep his physical health in order.
    — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Students were generally asked to perform some combination of push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, running and reaching for their toes while seated.
    — Garrett Haake, NBC news, 31 July 2025
  • Kids can do traditional abdominal crunches, bicycle crunches, legs-up sit-ups, and more.
    — Catherine Holecko, Parents, 3 July 2024

sit up

2 of 2 verb
  • Rothman sat up at the front of the plane.
    — Jon Landau, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Think of your chimney as a tiny house that sits up on your roof.
    — Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Domínguez cupped his head in his glove and sat up after about a minute.
    — ABC News, 7 May 2026
  • New are options to prompt you to rest your eyes and to sit up straight.
    — Michael J. Miller, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2022
  • As Locke shifts his body to sit up, a gun is seen in his hand.
    — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Once in the version of the pose that works for you, sit up tall and breathe.
    — Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2025
  • It can be used for babies who can sit up on their own up through preschool.
    — Anja Webb, Parents, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The passing lane down the line was open, and the ball sat up for a clean strike.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
  • But the older woman, once supine, now sits up.
    — Weike Wang, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Turn to sit up in the hammock or lie facedown, then turn over to face up.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2024
  • Turn to sit up in the hammock or lie facedown, then turn over to face up.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2024
  • People sit up a little straighter.
    — Alec Scott, Forbes.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Fry was able to sit up and then was helped onto a cart and taken off the field.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
  • It’s described as suitable for all ages as long as the child is able to sit up.
    — Jessica Rach, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2024
  • The two sat up front for the show, even sharing a kiss that was caught on camera!
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Dad sat up tall, waving both hands around to his neighbors, that big gleam across his face.
    — Raj Tawney, People.com, 15 June 2025
  • Griffin sat up in her chair to push back on Hegseth’s attack.
    — Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 26 June 2025
  • Unable to bear the silence any longer, Aisha sat up.
    — Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
  • That first day trying to sit up in bed just everything hurt.
    — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Aisha threw back the blanket and tried to sit up, but Olie raised a hand to stop her.
    — Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Lewis appears to sit up in bed and raise a hand in the moments before he is shot.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Mark lays back while smoking a cigar while Ripa sits up and chats with friends.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 1 May 2025
  • My only choice at that point was to sit up and wait for others to start working with.
    — Rob Reed, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Clooney is shackled in the back of a prison van, with Lopez sitting up front.
    — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • One is lying, one sitting up, but both provide scares.
    — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
  • This is a wicked satire that would make Jonathan Swift sit up and take notice.
    — Barbara Ellis, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
  • For context, Clooney was sitting up on the back of the booth most of the evening.
    — René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • When sitting up, don’t cross your legs, and sit with your back straight and supported.
    — Kristen Fischer, Health, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Madison had been awake for a little over an hour; Chloe had just sat up in her bed.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • 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

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