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

The following “Etyd” is named for the Swedish word for “study,” and the song is a call for individual engagement rather than sitting back and hoping for the best.

From The Wall Street Journal

Searching for a way to distract me, Theo sits back down and points to the stack of files on the floor.

From Literature

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

As Leader of Reform in KCC, I refuse to sit back and do nothing.

From BBC