sitter
Example Sentences
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This is evident in the portraits themselves, which all take the same form: Neck-up views with the sitter looking directly at us.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
The TV set was my sitter, and I became obsessed with movies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
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
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
The hulk, the hunching sitter, brought a third box now, to rest his feet on.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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