sit back
Example Sentences
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“I feel like we’ve always been so in the moment of creating and evolving and doing our work, it seems strange to sit back and do a sort of retrospective.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Agentic commerce is in its early days, but Vemana said he would rather be early and learn than sit back and wait for it to become more mainstream.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
“Don’t sit back and say, ‘I’ll do what I was doing before,’” Smith says.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026
Despite their first-leg advantage, Dortmund coach Niko Kovac said Monday his side's chances of reaching the last 16 were "50-50" and promised not to sit back and defend the first-leg lead.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
I sit back down, swipe my hand across the table to sweep away the crumbs.
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
