Sentence examples for sit late from inspiring English sources

Henn Collins wrote him a poem: My brother pray be warned by me And always rise in time for tea And when you feel you must sit late Remember my untoward fate Don't go on sitting until seven But sit next morning at eleven.

In the day time the street was dusty, but at night the dew settled the dust and the old man liked to sit late because he was deaf and now at night it was quiet and he felt the difference.

By W. C. Bell and E. B. White The New Yorker, December 23 , 1933P. 7 We are told that, in Washington, the sound of tinkling bells this Christmas comes from a wholly unexpected source: it comes from policemen who sit, late at night, in the branches of the trees along Pennsylvania Avenue, ringing bells to frighten starlings.

It's common for MPs and peers to sit late into the night, but would that be maintainable in another venue?

As we announce a series of posts, the response of readers forces us to sit late nights and complete the posts.

"In this session, the house sat late for 11 hours and 27 minutes," she said.

The upper house sat late for 11 hours to make up lost time.

"We often sat late [because of the caseload], once until 10pm.