benches

Example Sentences

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Two of the trio smiled to others in the public benches as they were taken back to the cells.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

And there are some, both on the opposition benches and within the Labour Party, who think it might yet cost the prime minister his.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

You cannot be a nobody if you can get the benches to clear in Game 7.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

It offers the customary plain benches inside, but other interior features, like an iron stove, sit outside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

There were long benches, and tables ran across the room, and at the far end a dancing-floor.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway