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Definition of Sit by
1. Verb. Be inactive or indifferent while something is happening. "Don't just sit by while your rights are violated!"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sit By
Literary usage of Sit by
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... But soon my fingers fail'd me, my face droop'd and I resign'd myself, To sit
by the wounded and soothe them, or silently watch the dead;) Of ..."
2. Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War by Judith White Brockenbrough] [McGuire (1868)
"I love to sit by his bedside and try to cheer him; his friends seem to vie with
each other in kind attentions to him. We hear rumours of battles, ..."
3. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Léopold Delisle, Guizot (François) (1854)
"He made him sit by his side at dinner on the feast of Easter, and offered him
three towns if he would remain in Italy. ..."
4. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers (1853)
"... and when he shall sit upon the throne of judgment, you shall sit by him ; vea,
aiui when he shall pass sentence upon all the worker« of iniquity, ..."
5. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... when they reached the outer hull of the court, " put Mr. Pickwick's friends
in the students' box ; Mr. Pickwick himself had better sit by me. ..."
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