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.

Examples of sit through in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On a recent Tuesday morning, a visibly frustrated Donald Trump sat through a tense hearing in the first-ever criminal trial of a former American president. —Peter Eisler, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024

Cold and rainy weather might have been the last thing fans were hoping to sit through for while taking in a lacrosse game Tuesday night, but that didn’t dampen the heat of the battle on the field. —Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2024

Few areas of public life display that fear more vividly than development proposals, as anyone who has sat through a contentious zoning hearing can attest. —David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024

Who would sit through days of bureaucratic meetings just to observe? —Lisa Song, ProPublica, 10 May 2024

The historic nature of the trial -- the first time in nearly 150 years that a Cabinet secretary was impeached -- contrasted with the almost routine feel of the proceedings after senators have sat through two previous impeachment trials against former President Donald Trump in 2020 and 2021. —Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 18 Apr. 2024

After a long two days of court naps and having to sit through mean memes, Donald Trump took to Truth Social to throw a tantrum. —Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2024

The setup of the doc is fascinating: Belichick sat for interviews with all the enthusiasm of his friend Donald Trump sitting through an E. Jean Carroll hearing. —Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024

Walsh had a fierce devotion to detail and a photographic memory that gave him the ability to sit through hours of court hearings taking notes only sparingly, then reproduce lengthy — and accurate — quotes for his stories. —Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024