sitting position

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Wall squats involve putting your back against a wall and lowering down into a sitting position using your hips until the thighs are parallel to the ground.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

"This is an adult individual in a sitting position with bent legs," the expert said, noting that the mummy had long hair and a jaw that was nearly completely intact.

From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2023

A hinged support slowly elevates a supine patient into a partial sitting position.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

When I started working here at The Verge, one of the first tech toys I got to play with was a desk that you could raise and lower to a standing or sitting position.

From The Verge • Aug. 16, 2022

I woke up to a loud crashing sound and the light of day, I snapped to a sitting position, my hands instinctively going to my belly to check on Otto.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer