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

Welfare offices became “job centers” and set welfare recipients to painting park benches, raking leaves and cleaning courtrooms.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 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 no beds in the one we entered, only long tables with backless benches pulled up to them.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom