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
As Leader of Reform in KCC, I refuse to sit back and do nothing.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
“Don’t sit back and say, ‘I’ll do what I was doing before,’” Smith says.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026
Now I sit back down at the keys, flip to a song called “Bumble Boogie,” and go at it.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
