Sentence examples for why it sits from inspiring English sources

Mr. Knego and Mr. Masino refuse to part with it, even though they don't have a wall big enough to hold it, which is why it sits on its side in the family room.

And that's why it sits, unframed, in the attic - an A3 Dorian Grey, a reminder to put the bottle down, to move away from the mouse.

The hot coffee drips onto the cold cubes and cools instantly — the hot water quickly extracts more flavor from coffee grounds (cold brewing takes longer, which is why it sits overnight), and the rapid cooling means that the coffee doesn't have the time to develop the unpleasantly harsh flavors you get from slowly chilling hot coffee in a refrigerator.

Why: It sits on probably the most valuable piece of real estate in San Diego County: 77 1/2 gently rolling acres atop Point Loma, overlooking San Diego Bay to the east and the Pacific to the west.

(Matthew Micah Wright / Getty Images) Reflecting on lives of service at Ft. Rosecrans cemetery Name: Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego Why: It sits on probably the most valuable piece of real estate in San Diego County: 77 1/2 gently rolling acres atop Point Loma, overlooking San Diego Bay to the east and the Pacific to the west.

Why had it sat on the market for so long, abandoned save for nesting squirrels?

If Iran's exercise of its rights to enrich uranium is unacceptable to the U.S., why did it sit aside and allow Iran to become an NPT member in the first place?

"Why, why, why?" I sat on it even more firmly – last time my vagina ran away, it got terribly lost on the Tube, and I had to pick it up from Piccadilly Circus – while doing my best to calm it down.

"You're going to have to explain to people why it is that we sat around for weeks and did nothing on something of this magnitude".

Why won't it sit down, eyeball to eyeball, with its enemies and try to work things out?

"As long as paying the TARP dividend isn't onerous, why not let it sit there?" They probably will.