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Meanings of sit still in English

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Usage of sit still in English
1
I hate the mechanical labour; I hate to stoop and sit still.
Villette
2
To sit still, poring over the catalogue in the library was impossible.
Sant' Ilario
3
Just sit still and gather in the ivory those savages will bring.
Tales of Unrest
4
Just sit still until our break, and I'll talk to you then.
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
5
Every day you grow less content to sit still in helpless weakness.
Without a Home
6
When I sit still for a couple of days, I get fidgety.
Reuters
7
He could barely manage to sit still as he imagined the possibilities.
Ilse Witch
8
It drives me almost mad to sit still and see those boys.
The Call of the Blood
9
If these people be favoured of the Gods, I say sit still.
The World's Desire
10
You had better not move just yet; sit still a little while.'
The Heir of Redclyffe
11
I could neither lie down nor sit still, but walked the room.
A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Havilan...
12
When her mother said that she had better sit still she answered:
The Man
13
A barrister can't push; he must sit still and wait his turn.
The Fortunes of the Farrells
14
Missionaries also, and European friends of the Natives, did not sit still.
Native Life in South Africa / Before and Since the European War ...
15
Thirty men can sit still, each as like the other as peas.
The Duke's Children
16
But Dabney found himself unable to sit still, even at the breakfast-table.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, September 1878...
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