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sit-in

NOUN
  1. a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to move

How To Use sit-in In A Sentence

  • It was the culmination of years of boycotts and demonstrations, of freedom rides and sit-ins, of protest and struggle, of sacrifice and suffering.
  • After all, some of them had to have skipped class to attend the sit-in.
  • What links Carnaby Street boutiques with the Hornsey student sit-in of May '68?
  • The sit-in was therefore rife with just the sorts of contradictions which communists identified with proletarian womanhood, and women became obvious and crucial actors in its realization.
  • The sit-in began as a show of solidarity with similar movements that have emerged at dozens of American colleges. Times, Sunday Times
  • Students staged a sit-in in the university offices as part of their protest campaign.
  • Rallies, protests, sit-ins, and marches have today been held in the town centre.
  • Her abrupt removal from the campus sparked student sit-ins and early morning pickets in front of the school.
  • After the lunch counter at the largest department store in Atlanta was desegregated, sit-in organizers were dismayed that the first black people to eat there honored the occasion by dressing in their finest clothes, including fur coats. A Renegade History of the United States
  • While a student at Hornsey he took part in sit-ins and demonstrations before becoming disillusioned with student politics.
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