sitting

Example Sentences

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“People are not sitting home waiting and wondering what’s going to happen, which is a very different phenomenon.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 5, 2026

Veteran staff photographer Steve Mellon recalls seeing William sitting at lunch with his print crew, eating a cheese sandwich with tomato soup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Trump sat in the front row for part of the oral arguments, becoming the first sitting president to attend such a hearing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

When Grace passed this sitting room, she was laid out here.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

And those that were not asleep were sitting there on straw-filled sacks looking up at me blankly as I passed by.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo