On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Sat. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as saturday or weekday and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Sat in a sentence
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Sat meaning
simple past and past participle of sit
Using Sat
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of sit
- Useful related words include: saturday, sabbatum, weekday.
- In the example corpus, sat often appears in combinations such as: sat in, sat down, sat on.
Context around Sat
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 16 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sat
- In this selection, "sat" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gate, middle, south, problem, scores and down stand out and add context to how "sat" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2020 arrest sat at the, 2021 he sat at 4, sat down and sat next. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sat" sits close to words such as claiming, repeatedly and soft, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sat
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Millie sat down at the end of the bed, and Lawrence sat next to her. (15 words)
In 2021, he sat at 4.9, more than two yards above where he sat a year later. (18 words)
I always remember my SAT prep book having a story about asking one Harvard student what he got on the SAT. (21 words)
As a consequence, for each CNF formula, it is possible to solve the XOR-3-SAT problem defined by the formula, and based on the result infer either that the 3-SAT problem is solvable or that the 1-in-3-SAT problem is unsolvable. (45 words)
Josh Donaldson sat at a podium Wednesday afternoon inside a packed press conference room, flanked by two of his new bosses — president of baseball operations Derek Falvey sat on one side of him, manager Rocco Baldelli on the other. (39 words)
Masterson, who has been free on bail since his 2020 arrest, sat at the defense table, with a large coterie of supporters behind him, many if not all church members, who also sat through his first trial. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Gate sat in the southwest corner, Middle sat in the far northeast, South sat in the table to the west of Middle, while North sat to the west of the southeast corner.
As a consequence, for each CNF formula, it is possible to solve the XOR-3-SAT problem defined by the formula, and based on the result infer either that the 3-SAT problem is solvable or that the 1-in-3-SAT problem is unsolvable.
However, since for any k≥3, this problem can neither be easier than 3-SAT nor harder than SAT, and the latter two are NP-complete, so must be k-SAT.
More importantly, all 11 men who had ever sat on the Executive Council also sat on the board of the Bank at one time or another. 10 of these men also sat on the Legislative Council.
Carrick sat in the dock with his eyes closed and head bowed during the hearing in a packed courtroom, where some of his victims sat, and showed no emotion as he was sentenced.
He sat with quiverish ease staring at protest pictures holding a copy of a popular national daily where a report of our protest sat in one of the early pages.
However, students with lower than average SAT scores tend to have a stronger preference for athletic success, while students with higher SAT scores have a greater preference for academic quality, he wrote.
I always remember my SAT prep book having a story about asking one Harvard student what he got on the SAT.
In 2021, he sat at 4.9, more than two yards above where he sat a year later.
I sat in the church and looked around; as I sat there, I took in all the order I had taken for granted.
Masterson, who has been free on bail since his 2020 arrest, sat at the defense table, with a large coterie of supporters behind him, many if not all church members, who also sat through his first trial.
Millie sat down at the end of the bed, and Lawrence sat next to her.
The children sat near the pot as adults – uncles, aunts, older cousins – sat a little distance waiting and making a running commentary among themselves on how excited we kids were.
Describing the moment, she said: “That wasn’t just a special moment because I was sat being interviewed by Clare Balding, it was because I was sat there doing it with Spin.
The Florida native sat second on the team with his 58 tackles and forced a pair of fumbles, which sat in a tie for second in the Valley.
Josh Donaldson sat at a podium Wednesday afternoon inside a packed press conference room, flanked by two of his new bosses — president of baseball operations Derek Falvey sat on one side of him, manager Rocco Baldelli on the other.
Michael Del Zotto sat out for three games, played three games and then sat out the Ducks’ loss Thursday to the Dallas Stars.
When I sat and watched the ludicrous questioning of Judge Amy Coney Barrett by Senator Mazie Hirono, my first instinct was to identify with Amy as she sat on the dais in polite silence.
Prosecutors say Wheeler shot Nelson as she sat in the driver’s seat of her vehicle and her 2-year-old son sat in a car seat in the back.
As San Felice sat there, a woman from advertising came out into the hallway, sat down, combed San Felice’s hair and talked about surviving cancer the year before.
Phrases with sat
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with sat
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- sat in 41×
- sat down 33×
- sat on 24×
- sat out 17×
- sat at 15×
- he sat 13×
- and sat 12×
- sat with 6×
- sat next 6×
- was sat 6×