desk-bound
Example Sentences
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The Pinions’ full-time jobs are fast-paced and desk-bound.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2021
When her partner falls off the grid and another top agent is compromised, a desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go deep under cover as the world’s newest and unlikeliest secret weapon.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2019
Many of us can still remember when the news used to be a pleasant distraction from everyday life, the desk-bound office procrastinator’s preferred form of escapism.
From The Guardian • May 3, 2019
The last hope for couch co-op today is ironically the usually desk-bound PC, which, despite the drought of local multiplayer, is thriving with indie titles like Mount Your Friends, Sportsfriends, ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS, TowerFall, and Speedrunners.
From The Verge • Jun. 25, 2015
It’s the most Wilford Brimley-esque role Ford has yet played—not an aging action hero but a straight-up, desk-bound old guy—and his performance, broad as it is, has a gruff emotional directness.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2013
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
