Meanings of sit thus in English

We may not sit thus together again for a long while.

Long did Sabine sit thus, communing with her guardian spirits.

But not long did he sit thus before thoughts of doubt awoke in his mind.

Do savages ever sit thus when in close company?

He continued to sit thus, as if listening.

But what exquisite bliss to sit thus, undisturbed in their eyrie-he and she alone in all the world.

To each of us it was some comfort to sit thus for a little while beside the other.

He was accustomed to come home late and sit thus by himself for a short time before going up-stairs.

Whilst I sit thus and look out into space, a figure becomes little by little clear to my fixed stare.

She would sit thus, motionless and idle, as the long afternoon wore away, and deep-colored veils of twilight gathered in the cañon.

What other woman in the world who had passed her first youth could sit thus in the slanting sunlight and remain beautiful?

To this gloom there presently succeeded, by some soft, subtle transition, the consciousness that it was very sweet to sit thus beside her.

She would sit thus for whole days together, with her tall figure, her long stern face and her thin lips that never smiled.

Why should they sit thus silent by each other's side to-night, when so few hours ago they were full of joy and gladness?

For a long time she deigned to sit thus, in silence; and then she expressed a wish to see my son and converse with him.

It seemed far-fetched for her to sit thus and feel that drama was entering their hard lives when nothing had really happened, but nevertheless-sheknew.