sit through
phrasal verb
sat through; sitting through; sits through
: to go to (something) and stay until the end
We had to sit through another boring meeting.
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High school students who sat through virtual classes during the pandemic may have been inclined to flock south for a more authentic college experience.
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Thomas Oide, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
Not to anyone who has ever sat through a lousy production of the play, perhaps at college, and found the character’s linguistic errors—his trademark—to be about as funny as athlete’s foot.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
An intrepid MoMA staffer actually sat through one of them.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
For the first time ever, Jacob was able to sit through an NBA game from start to finish.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025
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Thomas Oide, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
Not to anyone who has ever sat through a lousy production of the play, perhaps at college, and found the character’s linguistic errors—his trademark—to be about as funny as athlete’s foot.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
An intrepid MoMA staffer actually sat through one of them.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
For the first time ever, Jacob was able to sit through an NBA game from start to finish.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sit through
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“Sit through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20through. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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