| He never dallied with the image, beloved of the Renaissance, of the lean and shrunk-shanked scholar, possessed of infinite Sitzfleisch and inured to pain. |
| Luck, combined with what my mother called sitzfleisch, the capacity to persevere, played an overwhelming role. |
| I can't honestly imagine anyone having the sitzfleisch to wade through a 250-page comic novel by an unknown writer on the internet. |
| But when the sitzfleisch touched the piano bench, then the air of authority was justified, and then the raw nerve of artistic sensitivity was uncovered. |
| I proudly expand my back-end, month by month, year by year, adding layers of lovely sitzfleisch. |
