sitter

Example Sentences

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Caley could not take time off immediately, so the two were searching for a last-minute sitter.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

It wasn't Nancy's fault that Johnny Kenny missed an easy chance or that Daizen Maeda spurned a sitter.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

He was fortunate to still be there after Harry Brook dropped a sitter in the slips, the latest in a long line of fielding blunders by England this series, before starting to play his shots.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

The TV set was my sitter, and I became obsessed with movies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

One of Woolner’s cousins, a Washington lawyer, employs Maggie both at her office and as a house sitter.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times