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sit in a chair vs sit on a chair

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Sit in a chair' is used when referring to sitting inside the chair, while 'sit on a chair' is used when referring to sitting on top of the chair.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 899 views

sit in a chair

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to sitting inside the chair.

This phrase is used when someone is sitting inside a chair, implying that they are surrounded by the chair's structure.

Examples:

  • She likes to sit in a chair by the window and read.
  • The child was sitting in a chair at the dining table.
  • I prefer to sit in a chair with good back support.
  • But sometimes, I sit in a chair late at night and quietly feel very bad.
  • And l will sit in a chair.
  • I can't sit in a chair reserved for friends and lie to your face anymore.
  • If I can give another good report to Sister Evangelina, you might be allowed to sit in a chair for a bit this afternoon.
  • Because when I'm done, you won't be able to get a sit in a chair factory.
  • You ever sit in a chair before?
  • There was a very powerful air conditioner, which blew straight down, it was set on maximum cold, and a guy was made to sit in a chair, and had water poured on his head until he literally turned blue.
  • She had to sit in a chair, pull that chain to nowhere back and douse herself with water!
  • I go to a coffee bar and I sit in a chair, and I think, "Maybe this is the chair he sat in."
  • You sit in a fancy chair and eat pastries all day.
  • Cam once told me that all he wanted was someone to sit in a rocking chair and grow old with.
  • I remember, in the summer, she used to wear lilac silk... and sit in a rocking chair, fanning herself.
  • Sometimes, if I sit in a beach chair, eventually, a block party will start.
  • Get up, throw a donkey off a tower block, sit in a plastic chair by the side of the road, go to bed.
  • I think you should sit in a lower chair.
  • Get up, throw a donkey off a tower block, sit in a plastic chair by the side of the road, go to bed.
  • Even a circus lion learns to sit on a chair in fear of the whip
  • I need a real teacher, like in all those movies where a white lady sits backwards in a chair and raps Shakespeare, and the class is like, That was Shakespeare?
  • All you got to do is reach for a telephone, sit back in a big leather chair, and us guys out here have got to take the rap.
  • IS IT POSSIBLE OR PRACTICAL FOR MANY OF US, IN OUR JOBS AND WITH THE SORT OF BUSY LIVES WE LEAD TO SIT DOWN IN A COMFORTABLE CHAIR JUST WHEN WE WANT?

Alternatives:

  • sit down in a chair
  • take a seat in a chair
  • be seated in a chair
  • occupy a chair
  • sit comfortably in a chair

sit on a chair

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to sitting on top of the chair.

This phrase is used when someone is sitting on the surface of a chair, rather than inside it.

Examples:

  • Please sit on the chair while I bring you a drink.
  • He was sitting on a chair in the waiting room.
  • The cat likes to sit on the chair by the fireplace.
  • Even a circus lion learns to sit on a chair in fear of the whip
  • And I said to them, 'How can I, your daughter, sit on a chair when you, my fathers, are sitting on a chair? '
  • You'll sit on a chair, and I'll sit across the room.
  • Am I supposed to sit on a chair and wait till I die?

Alternatives:

  • sit down on a chair
  • take a seat on a chair
  • be seated on a chair
  • perch on a chair
  • sit comfortably on a chair

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