Thesaurus / sitting target
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How to use sitting target in a sentence
It is to be feared that the attractions of the house-dinner were not the sole inducement to many of those sitting there.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSHe chiefly divided his time between the House of Lords and sitting at home, lamenting over his own ill-starred existence.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODIn the centre of the room is an oval table; some dozen men are sitting at it; as many more stand behind their chairs.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSOutside the hotel he came upon the two sisters sitting on a bench and drinking coffee.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEWe (the officers) were sitting in a circle round the general and Alcalde, both of whom appeared uneasy and anxious.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSBeneath its far-flung branches a syce was sitting in front of a finely-proportioned and unusually big Arab horse.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYWhen you think of the number of people who suffered and died—or adapted—so that I could be sitting here now.
SENSE OF OBLIGATIONHENRY MAXWELL DEMPSEY (AKA HARRY HARRISON)On the next afternoon, at a quarter-past two, Hilda and Janet were sitting together in the breakfast-room.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTAs it came near, it proved to be the clock, with a sail hoisted, and the Goblin sitting complacently in the stern.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLThe Colonel read the dispatch of Captain Duffield, sitting on his bed in his nightclothes.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNWORDS RELATED TO SITTING TARGET
- babe in woods
- butts
- casualties
- clowns
- dupes
- easy makes
- easy marks
- fatalities
- fools
- gambits
- gophers
- gudgeons
- gulls
- hirelings
- hunteds
- immolation
- injured parties
- innocents
- marks
- martyrs
- patsies
- pawns
- pigeons
- prey
- pushovers
- quarries
- sacrifices
- scapegoats
- sitting ducks
- sitting targets
- soft touches
- stooges
- suckers
- sufferers
- underdogs
- wretches
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