How To Use Sit back In A Sentence

The students seemed to offer another option for an administration already grappling with sabo -- teurs in Iraq and suicide bombers in Israel: to sit back and wait for a second Iranian revolution. Firefight Over Iran
They spout rubbish and sit back while energy firms run riot. The Sun
I like to go off on my own - to sit back and bliss out in a darkened move theater.
Other trainers may have more fancied runners but I can sit back and enjoy it. The Sun
Polmayne was a stopgap, a stepping stone, a place in which to sit back and look around before starting afresh. THE MAIN CAGES

So sure was I of Chris coming through with the loan approval that I'd begun patching up my apartment so I could get my damage deposit back when I moved out.
It means we can never sit back on our haunches and think we have it made. Christianity Today
We board a 21-passenger white minibus, the price of emissions, at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Indian Avenue, and sit back as Ken Huskey aka White Horse, a 40-year veteran in the energy industry, takes the wheel and the mic, delivering in best AM DJ voice a dazzling non-stop physics-laden eclogue on the 300-hundred-foot-high spears with periwinkles on top, and their awesome powers. Richard Bangs: How Green Is My Valley?
Best to sit back and cue him up for the one-liners.
The office was full of computers, and we had to sit back-to-back in long rows.
Their playbook is remarkably simple, if not shameless and sophomoric: conceive the lie, seed it in the liberal blogosphere, then sit back and let the drones take it from there. Obamacare in the Age of Scrutiny. | RedState
So it's not good enough for us to sit back in Westminster and simply try to shout them down.
The future of government is to provide tools for empowerment, not to sit back and hope that laissez-faire adhocracy will suffice. Government by Twitter « BuzzMachine
Ironically he was killed on his first visit back to the UK in ten years when his car was hit by an articulated lorry outside London. CODE BREAKER
This is where the antes and blinds are high and where most people just sit back and wait for others to be eliminated in hopes they can make the money.
I want you to sit back, kick off your shoes, and light up a pipeful of Bond Street Tobacco so you can relax.
I like to go off on my own - to sit back and bliss out in a darkened move theater.
Up and down, shifting and tilting, suddenly spinning when I least expect it -- at no time have I even had the chance to sit back and enjoy the thing without worrying what may be coming with the next gyration. The Challenge of A Bend in the Road
Then simply sit back and wait for firms to barter over our collective custom. The Sun
I, for one, am simply not prepared to sit back and allow simplistic criticism of Airedale Hospital and its staff to continue unchecked.
Look honeybun, of course I know where I'm going, so just sit back and enjoy yourself in the backseat, because we're taking the all-expense paid scenic route to our destination tonight!
So sit back quietly in that agreeably familiar comfy chair, treat yourself to a pot of weakish tea, and let me put the case for the rise of the dull man.
Trains enable tourists to sit back, relax and enjoy a smorgasbord of spectacular vistas of Taiwan's lush, verdant countryside, breathtaking mountains and tranquil coastlines.
Should a patient sit back and die of heart failure rather than risk an ADE from digoxin? Richard W. Besdine, M.D.: The Medications Seniors Can't Live With -- Or Without
Order a frothy cappuccino and sit back and relax.
Get on with life and don't sit back and mope.
You can't just sit back and wait for job offers to come to you.
So is it now time to sit back and watch the arrival of a new phase in the industry?
Sit back and savour the antics and battle of wits unleashed by the team of buffoons, hold your breath at the breath-stopping show of trapeze artistes and the exciting fare dished out by acrobats on bicycles.
Chuck a few flyers around select shops, harass the eardrums of certain people ‘in the know’ who will spread the word to the right people, then sit back and let the ensuing hype escalate.
We can either do something about it or sit back, watch the in-flight movies and wait. Times, Sunday Times
To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will. Ronald Reagan
I like to go off on my own - to sit back and bliss out in a darkened move theater.
Then simply sit back and wait for firms to barter over our collective custom. The Sun
I like to sail and am currently training up my three children to crew, so that I can relax, just sit back and listen to the sea lapping at the boat.
Before you sit back smugly and think that you would never make a mistake like the one this young writer made, realize that everyone who is in business for himself — every single freelancer/business owner — has made this mistake at least once. Kristine Kathryn Rusch » Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Expectations
Like many neutrals who will be in the Park on Sunday, I'll just sit back and enjoy what I think could be a fitting finale to what has been one of the most memorable years in Sligo's proud football history.
Instead of the intensely supercharged work experience I was expecting, I was invited to relax, sit back, let the weekend take hold and just be.
If you can sit back, enjoy the scenery, the touching humour, the deft performances and the clever send-ups of American monoculture, this is one brilliant, meandering ride.
A host of other insects visit backyard orchards - various caterpillars, pear slugs, and leafhoppers to name a few.
The Annihilator actually appeared in an episode before that called ‘Hawk and Dove’, where it was made by the god Hephaestus for the god Ares, and then given to one side in a conflict in Eastern Europe so Ares could sit back and lol at the peasants killing each other. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Black Cat’s Review Forum
Everyday we permit the erosion of our cultural traditions, and we sit back and lament them over mocha fraps at Starbucks. Independence ramblings
Sit back with a smile as you watch ashand - waving conversationalist provoke mirror reactions in another.
Why are our councillors seemingly content to sit back and watch the last remaining vestiges of ‘old Bradford’ destroyed?
If there is no exposure on this point, you probably just sit back and tell the NC tax authorities to pound sand, rather than bring a pre-emptive suit in Federal court. The Volokh Conspiracy » North Carolina Tax Officials Allegedly Seeking Names of All Amazon Customers in North Carolina
Quietly, the two telepaths found a small space where they could sit back to back, the contact with another psychic enhancing and refining the raw powers of their minds.
He said: ‘It is appalling that while we are expected to accept a ban on trawling for white fish we have to sit back and watch crews from other countries catch white fish just to be turned into feed for animals.’
However, when playgoers are asked to sit back and accept all that's not rational, the narrative wrecking ball makes a direct hit and everything comes crashing down.
He would never sit back and relax because he could always go faster, win more races and dominate a little more.
Sit back and relax.
I like to go off on my own - to sit back and bliss out in a darkened move theater.
The roof is spanned by a series of curved trusses supporting secondary cleated frames that allow the roof plane to sit back from the upper chord of the truss.
You should just sit back and enjoy it, but I feel slightly giddied by it.
Much of the comedy is improvised, giving willing punters a chance to join in the fun, and those less willing a chance to simply sit back and watch.
Now, Eugene, wouldn’t it be much more fun for us to sit back and wait for it to spontaneously combust from the flammable gases? Think Progress » Drilling Is Not The Solution To Create Jobs And Reduce Reliance On Foreign Oil
The rest of us, hecklerspray sighingly announces, can only sit back and watch the horror unfold … Britney Spears Being Sectioned
I suppose it's possible, and I know some of our trial judges have written a few things in rhyme, but while they may sit back and applaud, I don't think there's any groundswell to follow suit.
This is very nice but it doesn't mean we should sit back and think about what fabulously inclusive people we've all become. Times, Sunday Times
It is far too flippant and casual to be taken seriously, and at the same time it is so earnest that it's impossible to just sit back and enjoy the ride.
I'm due for a visit back to the wine discount center.
But in comedy you cannot be allowed to sit back and spectate.
There's an understated confidence about the food, and the service allows you to sit back and truly relax.
He was able to set a clubhouse lead of one over par and then sit back and watch the others try to catch him. Times, Sunday Times
This is my first visit back to sitrep since my posts under this topic. Last Scene
So sit back and watch the gang as they grow up, but not apart, ten years in the future.
So organise your savings and make your money work as hard as possible then sit back and watch it grow!
Concertgoers are encouraged to bring their picnic hampers, chairs and blankets and sit back and soak up the atmosphere.
They are hardly likely to sit back and watch as the game to which they are guardians self-destructs.
The problem with the blogosphere and and you lot that sit back and pontificate is that a keyboard and mouse have made you an expert. Weenie of the Week #30 for 2006
Finally, sit back and enjoy the show as bits of leftover comet burn up in our atmosphere, creating the celestial displays that we call meteor showers. RedOrbit News - Technology
I like to go off on my own - to sit back and bliss out in a darkened move theater.
Finally, he decides to unbuckle his belt, loosen his pants, sit back and relax.
When a new cutscene starts, the player just wants to skip them to get back to the game, not sit back for half an hour.
So grab a bag of popcorn, sit back and enjoy and before you rate please remember that I love you all and that flattery will get you everywhere!
The tie breaker in the Senate goes to the comedian, so we can just sit back now and watch what the Democrats do with their small election majority and watch them piddle it away until they are defeated in 2010. BREAKING: Minnesota's highest court rules for Al Franken
The office was full of computers, and we had to sit back-to-back in long rows.
Greater power meant that if a general European war broke out, the United States would no longer have to sit back and accept dictation of its trade routes.
Sit back on the pigskin seats with a glass of Pig's Nose whisky and a bowl of Pork Scratchings watching Babe for the tenth time.
All I could do was sit back and watch as they made what sounded like haikus behind impassive masks and continually struck awkward poses.
Here is a film so silly, so goofy, and so funny that you just sit back and enjoy it for what it is: pure comedy.
This is very nice but it doesn't mean we should sit back and think about what fabulously inclusive people we've all become. Times, Sunday Times
Then sit back and watch your boss think they are barking mad for labeling all their stuff.
Sit back as you go on a five billion year journey through the evolution of life - all in twelve minutes!
United are now happy to sit back and see the pair resolve their differences. The Sun
There is so much suffering in the world that we can only sit back in amazement and wonder how this could occur in a just world.
I like to go off on my own - to sit back and bliss out in a darkened move theater.
Now they just gotta sit back and watch we the people shred their hard work to the ittiest bittiest pieces imaginable. My new plaid pants
He vowed the department would not sit back and fold its arms, but would appoint an acting principal.
Grasp the handles with a neutral grip and sit back on the bench, chest out high.
Don't just sit back and let it happen.
As we bowl along, I sit back and talk to some of the other tourists in the bus.
On a luxury rail journey, you used to have little choice but to sit back, veg out, watch the scenery and eat enormous meals. Times, Sunday Times
They spout rubbish and sit back while energy firms run riot. The Sun
On a recent visit back to Edinburgh, he went to visit his sister in her new habitat.
Companies in the market for consultants can now use Web exchanges to post REPs (request for proposals) and then sit back while the contenders prepare responses and underbid one another.
Just sit back and enjoy a feast of phenomenal wildlife footage before progress destroys it all. Times, Sunday Times
I sit back down on the daybed and stare out the window again.
We no longer approach our health as a passive experience, one where we sit back, allow ourselves to be poked, prodded, examined, receive the verdict, and compliantly go along with whatever the High Priests of Medicine say. Arianna Huffington: Introducing AOL Healthy Living: More of What You Need to Live a Healthier, Happier Life
Landing with a flat foot allows you to sit back into your powerhouse gluteal muscles.
So I'm going to sit back and enjoy watching him get the appreciation and applause he so deserves. The Sun
Over the four days he was quite breathtaking and it was wonderful to sit back and admire such phenomenal skill.
First, sit back and enjoy one of the most comedic moments in football. Times, Sunday Times
We need only sit back and watch Griffin destroy himself - his fragile mental state was ably demonstrated by his 'hanging' pronouncement yesterday, trumpeted with a fanfare and withdrawn within hours. BNP to hold Multiculturalism Conference
Just sit back and enjoy a feast of phenomenal wildlife footage before progress destroys it all. Times, Sunday Times
It means we can never sit back on our haunches and think we have it made. Christianity Today
When exposed as barefaced liars, they sit back and sneer, as if to say, ‘We lied.’
Do you ever sit back and think, five or six years ago this would have been a fairytale?
Sit back for a moment and imagine a glamorous night of clubbing in Paris.
We sit backed up in traffic behind Range Rovers, BMW roadsters and other upscale cars headed to the new ferry terminal connecting northern Jersey and lower Manhattan.
Sit back, close your eyes, get some hummus and a glass of tinto de verano or mint tea, switch on the sun lamp and pretend you're anywhere but here - and warm.
Never take a slight personally, just sit back and wait until you can exact your cruel verbal revenge.
Don't just sit back and let it happen.
Sit back and relax - I'll open a bottle of wine.
Then, when it’s proven once again, we sit back in sanctimonious self-righteousness shocked, absolutely shocked, about humankind’s venality. The Early Word: Obama Meets the Press - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
I think everyone needs to just sit back and think about the state of the world when the word skank can cost millions and millions of dollars, grow up everyone. Warning: Talking trash online doesn’t mean you won’t get caught | Sync Blog
For parents there's the chance to sit back and enjoy the tranquillity, superb meals and wine tasting. Times, Sunday Times
KKKarl rove is so crooked he has to screw his pants on. crash-cart cheeney has no heart, and engineered this war with some of the other criminals you will no doubt be defending later. war crimes are being committed by these nazis, and you sit back and call someone else a fool. Think Progress » McClellan: Everyone in “the White House Has Been Cooperating Fully With The Special Counsel”
Then simply sit back and wait for firms to barter over our collective custom. The Sun
I think I had a passing comment about having tea but not being able to sit back on the sofa for fear of denting it, at which point they extracted a story about my relatives in the Lake District from me.
I would sit back, stall, take my feet off the rudder pedals and, using the stick to keep level, losing altitude as we fluttered down to earth.
So sit back, log on, and save the workout for the gym.
What better way to end a hot summer's day than to sit back to enjoy the cool of the evening with the latest gripping novel.
We were invited to interact with them or sit back and enjoy what they were sharing.
After the copulating commuters reach their sexual destination, they put their grundies back on again and sit back in their seats under a fluffy pink cloud of mutual satisfaction.
You can't just sit back and wait for job offers to come to you.
Hold for one second, record your measurement on the yardstick, sit back up and repeat twice more.
Now sit back, relax and let your comments settle in while postgame dinner is lovingly prepared for you. Globe and Mail
When Buttons breaks into the chorus of 76 Trombones and the entire Tiny Tots, junior and senior chorus parade the floor with balloons in hand, you can only sit back and admire.
She ventured at last to sit back on her heels, let her hands lie in her lap, and listen.
You'll end up doing more than your fair share of the donkey work while they sit back. The Sun
The perfect scenario for an Australian miner exporting would have been to sit back unhedged and watch the dollar plunge below US50c around the time of the Sydney Olympics.
Just sit back and enjoy a feast of phenomenal wildlife footage before progress destroys it all. Times, Sunday Times
Helena loved her firstborn's son too much to sit back and do nothing.
You just grab a big bucket of buttered popcorn, sit back and watch.
Their match had almost been epic, but there was little time to sit back and enjoy it as the euphoria of the victory was soon replaced by prognostications about the final.
The office was full of computers, and we had to sit back-to-back in long rows.
They didn't have to do anything except sit back and enjoy life.
So turn off the oven, wipe the sweat from your brow and sit back, relax and enjoy the simplicity of air-dry clay.
You'll end up doing more than your fair share of the donkey work while they sit back. The Sun
They didn't have to do anything except sit back and enjoy life.
All that is left is to sit back, relax and enjoy the cadence of the waves lapping the shore and the sounds of music and laughter from the lively streets of Soufriere.
Sit back and relax - I'll open a bottle of wine.
I too am sick and tired of watching the media (no matter if it's re: the dems or repubs) just sit back and not challenge these candidates when they hear outright lies coming from their politician mouthes. Obama Hits Bill Again, Faults National Media For Misreporting On Reagan Comments
Take advantage of these great deals, then sit back and enjoy a cuppa. The Sun
For now, we merely sit back and enjoy our fellow countrymen's musings. The Sun
If you choose the idea of converting to the metric system, it is best if you sit back and relax as your metrication process will be hard fought, it will be bitter, and above all it will be long. NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch
I refuse to sit back and let that legacy be completely demolished for basketball. The Sun
Get on with the work — this is no time to sit back.
The roof is spanned by a series of curved trusses supporting secondary cleated frames that allow the roof plane to sit back from the upper chord of the truss.
Some things in life are so simple, so uncomplicated, you can't help but sit back with a big grin and admire them.
Sometimes I think the president must sit back and laugh at how journalist after journalist thinks he's such a dingbat that they ask him softball question after softball question.
Dream up something that's close enough to be possible, add a few trimmings that sound authentic, and sit back to await results. A SONG AT TWILIGHT
Their redundancy protection scheme means you get your deposit back if you lose your job before the holiday balance is paid. The Sun
Football can no longer simply sit back and ignore the menace of the dugout roof. Times, Sunday Times
I had paid but little attention to the itinerary promising myself I would just sit back, enjoy, and let others do the organising!
But as long as the community has a clear idea of where it wants to go and doesn't just sit back and accept the money, then you have to be especially hard-hearted not to assist them.
Take advantage of these great deals, then sit back and enjoy a cuppa. The Sun
Sit back in a comfortable chair, feet flat upon the ground and uncrossed.
I caught the train and it was really nice to just sit back and read.
The youngest builds a sandcastle, the older ones do some bodyboarding, you can sit back and relax. Times, Sunday Times
‘I'm a doer, an action man, and it's not within my nature to sit back and be a follower,’ he said.
All I could do was sit back and watch as they made what sounded like haikus behind impassive masks and continually struck awkward poses.
Do you ever sit back and laugh at the mystery or mystique that surrounds you?
In between your sightseeing tours in Belo Horizonte, this 3-star hotel invites you to work out in the gym, or to sit back and relax in the sauna or by the pool.
Not everyone who reads an online journal wants to sit back while photos download, and a fair proportion of people have little interest in the pictures at all, preferring to have a decent ration of reading served up every day.
We have spent almost 16 years keeping her from harm and helping her grow and now we have to sit back and watch this person come in and abuse her.
The garden is running its own show, and like a theatre production that you have cast, directed and produced, the summer is time to sit back and watch the performance.
But it will be nice to be able to sit back and enjoy the show without having to worry about every little detail.
United are now happy to sit back and see the pair resolve their differences. The Sun
My anger management counselor told me that in time like these, I need to sit back, and calmly count backwards from ten.
But if there is an oil bonanza, will Kelpers simply sit back and watch the money roll in, as their old way of life disintegrates?
We could relax, sit back, and indeed, with all that bedding, it was tempting to lie down, particularly as there was space aplenty.
Audiences sit back, and the miked sound comes to them. Eats and Tweets in the Seats
I use code blue - tarsal on a few and doe urine on a few, now sit back and enjoy the show! What is the best attractant that *you* use for deer hunting?
Does someone inclined to activism mentally personalize political and economic policies and events differently than someone inclined to sit back and let others sort things out?
Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!
And then, of course, I realise that they are obviously not aiming their campaign at people like me, and I sit back and watch the ads, look at the beautiful people and listen to the pretty music.
I refuse to sit back and let that legacy be completely demolished for basketball. The Sun
The office was full of computers, and we had to sit back-to-back in long rows.
All the critics and commentators had to do was sit back and wait for the new golden age of cinema.
I don't get people who sit back and rack up the dollars, charging for interviews after they survive a plane crash.
For the most part, I have been content to sit back and watch with quiet amusement and a cynical smile as our pollies, democratically elected one and all, have gone about the day to day task of governing our country.
Their redundancy protection scheme means you get your deposit back if you lose your job before the holiday balance is paid. The Sun
A sun-soaked terrace is the perfect place to sit back and sip aperitivo. Times, Sunday Times
Heat up a hoary national stereotype, leaven with wit, sit back and watch "les rosbifs" simmer.
We should not sit back in our comfortable armchairs in our secure society and judge them out of context.
Seemingly improvised banter is shared across a table as Jarmusch urges us to sit back and watch the magic unfold.
They didn't have to do anything except sit back and enjoy life.
You'll end up doing more than your fair share of the donkey work while they sit back. The Sun
With "Someone Like You," Adele and Mr. Wilson not only crafted a perfect tear-jerker but also stumbled upon a formula for commercial success: Unleash the tears and chills with small surprises, a smoky voice and soulful lyrics, and then sit back and let the dopamine keep us coming back for more. Anatomy of a Tear-Jerker

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