But the ship and crew would be sitting several quadrillion years in the future.

The ship sat down where I had just been, occupying more than its share of pasture, a big black shape.

It took a moment for him to realize that the ship was sitting lower in the water.

The ships are just sitting there, tied up to the dock.

But while the ship has sat idle since then, its operators have not.

One ship sat in the center of that floor.

At low water the ship sat high and dry.

They had to be stopped right where the ship sat.

The ships sat out a storm in the harbor, then sailed north.

So during most of our meals, the ship was sitting still.