Verb
sit through (third-person singular simple present sits through, present participle sitting through, simple past and past participle sat through)
(idiomatic) To unwillingly stay seated until the end of an event.
We had to sit through a 2-hour awards ceremony before the food arrived.
Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations. Orson Welles
Last year, I reviewed a nine-hour documentary about the lives of Mongolian yak herdsmen, and I would rather see it again than sit through The Frighteners. Roger Ebert
There's nothing worse than putting two similar shows back-to-back. Viewers don't want to watch one show and then sit through another half-hour of almost the same thing. David Hyde Pierce
Mr. Hodge plays with his accustomed ease, even carrying the thing so far as to repeat many of his lines with his eyes shut; and in a pretty spirit of reciprocity, many members of the audience sit through the play with their eyes shut. Dorothy Parker
I made some truly awful movies. 'Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot' was the worst. If you ever want someone to confess to murder just make him or her sit through that film. They will confess to anything after 15 minutes. Sylvester Stallone
To apply for a gifted program, children as young as 4 are required to sit through hour-long verbal exams. Hanna Rosin