sitter

Example Sentences

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But it was only by chance that I was by myself when my phone buzzed and displayed an on-screen message with some additional questions from the dog sitter I’d booked for our trip.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

A reliable pet sitter, especially at the last minute, is as hard to come by as a free street parking spot in Koreatown on a Friday night.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2025

Even if she had paid for a sitter for 10 hours at $25 an hour, she would have saved thousands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Matt Short should have been run out without scoring in the same over but Shubman Gill missed a sitter with the throw and he survived.

From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025

Our interest arises no doubt from the remnant of a primitive belief that an image captures not merely the likeness but also the soul of a sitter.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson