SIT in Classic Quotes

1  "Sit down, Mr. Finch," he said pleasantly.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 28

2  Or two dumpy countrywomen in straw hats sitting in a Hoover cart.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 14

3  In the light from its bare bulb, Atticus was sitting propped against the front door.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 15

4  It was clear enough to the rest of us: Walter Cunningham was sitting there lying his head off.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 2

5  As Judge Taylor banged his gavel, Mr. Ewell was sitting smugly in the witness chair, surveying his handiwork.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 17

6  He was sitting in one of his office chairs, and he was reading, oblivious of the nightbugs dancing over his head.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 15

7  Miss Caroline said, "Sit back down, please, Burris," and the moment she said it I knew she had made a serious mistake.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 3

8  There will be no more audibly obscene speculations on any subject from anybody in this courtroom as long as I'm sitting here.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 17

9  He was sitting forward in the witness chair, his hands clasped between his knees, listening attentively to the circuit solicitor.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 17

10  According to Miss Stephanie, Boo was sitting in the livingroom cutting some items from The Maycomb Tribune to paste in his scrapbook.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 1

11  Atticus seemed to enjoy it, but Aunt Alexandra, who was sitting in a corner quietly sewing, put down her embroidery and stared at us.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 14

12  Enarmored, upright, uncompromising, Aunt Alexandra was sitting in a rocking chair exactly as if she had sat there every day of her life.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 12

13  He was sitting behind his table; his chair was skewed to one side, his legs were crossed and one arm was resting on the back of his chair.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 17

14  The courthouse square was covered with picnic parties sitting on newspapers, washing down biscuit and syrup with warm milk from fruit jars.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 16

15  Atticus would flee to his office directly after dinner, where if we sometimes looked in on him, we would find him sitting back in his swivel chair reading.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 15

16  Mrs. Radley ran screaming into the street that Arthur was killing them all, but when the sheriff arrived he found Boo still sitting in the livingroom, cutting up the Tribune.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 1

17  But I kept aloof from their more foolhardy schemes for a while, and on pain of being called a girl, I spent most of the remaining twilights that summer sitting with Miss Maudie Atkinson on her front porch.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 5