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sit in traffic
be stuck in slow or stationary traffic
To sit in traffic means to spend time in a vehicle that is moving very slowly or not moving at all because there are too many vehicles.
Hear it in real life
Why are you so late?
I was sitting in traffic near the city centre.
I sat in traffic for nearly two hours on the way home.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I was sitting on traffic for an hour.
Say: I was sitting in traffic for an hour.
Use the preposition "in," not "on," for traffic.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
sit in traffic; be sitting in traffic; spend time sitting in traffic
Your turn: say it out loud
I sat in traffic for nearly two hours on the way home.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
sit in traffic
be stuck in slow or stationary traffic
“I sat in traffic for nearly two hours on the way home.”
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