Shimei gone, Saul, in the open court of his dwelling, sits solitary, brooding in the depths of dejection over the fallen state of his fortunes.
He sits upon the circle of the earth 'And they that dwell therein are grasshoppers; 'He as a curtain doth the heavens outspread, 'And makes a blue pavilion of the sky.
There sits He now associate by the side Of His Almighty Father, Lord of all.
Nothing dismayed by this awful array, the tinker sits at table, drinks deep, takes the corpse on his back and carries it to a field.
On the title-page the hero of the tale usually sits on his horse, and indomitable he looks with his sword drawn, his plume full spread, his mien defiant.
With his sweet skill my skillesse youth he drew, To have a feeling taste of him that sits Beyond the heaven, farre more beyond our wits .
Pandolphe" wears a flowing wig under his cocked hat, and sits on a throne in rococo style.
He asserts that four or five hens associate for incubation with one cock, who sits only at night.
The commonest bird is a kingfisher (Dacelo Iagoensis), which tamely sits on the branches of the castor- oil plant, and thence darts on grasshoppers and lizards.
A small frog, of the genus Hyla, sits on a blade of grass about an inch above the surface of the water, and sends forth a pleasing chirp: when several are together they sing in harmony on different notes.
ENID pursing her lips, sits at the little table, taking up the baby's frock.
Close to the fireplace in an old arm-chair, wrapped in a rug, sits MRS.
He sits at the table, and fidgets with his whistle; he blows three vague notes; then imitates a cuckoo.
On his right sits his son EDGAR, an earnest-looking man of thirty, reading a newspaper.
Little Ellie sits alone," she begins, "'mid the beeches of a meadow.
The house of Miguel Abenali is desolate and childless, save for the little maiden who sits by my hearth in the land of my exile!
Tis open house, and I can find thee a seat without disclosing the kinship that sits so sore on thy brother.
Such excellent fooling do they make, that my lord sits holding his sides.
This office being concluded, and thy husband having purified himself, he sits down to finish this letter to his most beloved wife.
MAUD goes quickly to the table, sits down and rests her elbows on it, her chin on her hands, looking at the door.
He drops the proof, sits a moment moving his head and rubbing one hand uneasily on the surface of the table, then reaches out for the telephone receiver] Town, 245.
Takes in remembrance, and sits a moment staring gloomily before him.
Then she gets up, whisks to the mirror over the fireplace, scrutinises the expression in it, and going back to the table, sits down again with hands outstretched above the keys, and an accentuation of the expression.
She sitsfacing the audience, with her hands stretched over the keys.
He sits a moment motionless, then takes it from her, and squeezes her hand.
MAUD sits down Left of table and prepares to take down the letter.
She pours it out, and he drinks it, hands her the glass and sits down suddenly in an armchair.
FANNY [she is about to answer, then checks herself, andsits again].
De w'ite folks sits in front and de cullud folks sits back by de do'.
Many a night I sitsup and spins and cards for mammy.
And what I mind most of all is, he sits and looks at me in school with such melancholy, reproachful eyes when he ought to be working sums.
The whole family sits up until midnight, and then, just as the clock is striking twelve, the father opens the door and welcomes the New Year in.
He sits down by the fireside in a winter evening, but the evening fireside affords no joy to him.
There he sits silent and sad, making himself miserable by his own misconduct.
Surely no loyal citizen of Chicago who sits here to-night under this witching and magnificent scene will ask for any other reason than that which is here presented.
That which distinguishes us from other nations whose political experience and history have been full of strife and discord is the American home, where one wife sits in single uncrowned glory.
And pity wakes to life When ’mong dead embers she sits lone, and strife Is done.
And lone, in stricken fields, the husbandman Sits pale, with anxious eyes that hopeless scan The burning sky.
A very good beginning," remarks a short, fat French Major who sitsbeside the Colonel.
Next to him sits a tall dark youngster wearing with pride his first Sam Browne belt and "U.
But they are really very Irish-looking," laughed Val, who not being English never could understand the curious aversion that sits deep in almost every Englishwoman's heart for the male species across the Channel.
Mr. Bernstein, that nice French Jew who sits the other side of me at table asked me the other day to let him know if I ever want to sell them.
And deep in the nature of every one of them sits fast the belief that the finest woman in the world is surely for him because he has the finest shrine ready for her.
As Anne sits at the window she can look down on the sea, which this morning is calm as glass.
Her resolution to contend against illness being very fixed, she has never consented to lie in bed for a single day--she sits up from 7 in the morning till 10 at night.
He is still kept in the dark, but now sits up the greater part of the day, and is allowed a little fire in the room, from the light of which he is carefully screened.
He sits opposite to Anne at church, sighing softly, and looking out of the corners of his eyes to win her attention, and Anne is so quiet, her look so downcast, they are a picture.
And down stairs sits Lady Jinkinson, firmly believing that she has given me such an opportunity of distinguishing myself with my pen, as I have never before enjoyed in all my life!
The brilliant guest sits back in his chair, dogged and speechless.
It will not be long first; there she sits in that room, where the lights are shining through the open windows; and when she thinks that the bustle of the day is fully over in the castle, she will give us notice.
How is it with Algernon Grey, as he sits there in the large gloomy chamber, with his head leaning on his hand, his eyes gazing vacantly forth through the narrow window?
They drag her out, bring her up to the parlour, while the old mother sits wringing her hands.
With this Konneman he sits down one evening in the inn to drink Rostock beer, begins to curse and abuse the reigning family, who had ruined and beggared the people even more than Hans Loitz.
When he returns, the dance is over, and my gracious lady, suspecting nothing as yet, sits in a corner and fans herself.
But the observer in the balloon basket sitspractically motionless, while with the aid of a powerful telescope he watches the results of the firing.
In the Curtiss machine the pilot sits just behind the planes, so that he can see above and on all sides with the greatest ease.
As a protection in battle his seat and the front portion of the fuselage are surrounded with thin steel, and the pilot sits close to the floor, so that he does not offer a very good target to the enemy's stray bullets.
As he sits side by side with his fellow applicants in the outer waiting room, he cannot help a feeling of "creepiness.
Sometimes the pilot sits in a large fuselage in the center, while the motors are carried in two smaller cars or bodies called "nacelles" at either side.
Hour after hour hesits watching the situation over the enemy's lines by means of a telescope.
The greatest traveler that I know is a little man, slightly bent, who walks with a stick in his garden or sits passive in his library.
He sits there now, this night, on the top shelf but one, just in line with the eyes, with gilt front winking in the firelight.
There is no storm in these upland valleys and the sun sits pleasantly on their southern slopes.
I know a man who while it is yet winter will get out his rods and fit them together as he sits before the fire.
The peasant valiantly resists the blows from the horns and tail of the animal, drives it off, and proud of his victory, sits down to rest with a triumphant air.
But go, stand there below, and propose thy questions, here sits one who will be able to answer them.
There sits Sigyn, for her consort's sake, not right glad.
As, who sits within there, Bragi, on yonder bench.
Oft of him who sits are the tales defective, and he who lies down utters falsehood.
Here sits no son's wife, no daughter, who to Gudrun precious things may give.
A foolish man thinks all who on him smile to be his friends; he feels it not, although they speak ill of him, when he sits among the clever.
Go and fight, if thou art angry; a brave mansits not considering.
There sits Sigurd sprinkled with blood; Fafnir's heart at the fire he roasts.
Here's one man sits around on top, with you boys lying around whining at his feet for a fraction of the result of your own work.
He sits in his office and grows fat, sucking the blood of both the toiler in the field and the toiler in the city.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sits" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
