sitting

Example Sentences

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NBC reported that he walked out 50 minutes after sitting down for it on Friday.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Hundreds of young Chinese students clutching pens and their IDs shuffled into a testing centre in blue-skied Beijing on Sunday, swarmed by parents, joining millions sitting for the national high-stakes university entrance exam.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

That included two sitting Fed governors, Chris Waller and Michelle Bowman, who cast dissenting votes in favor of lower rates that July.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

While several former governors have been extradited to face drug-trafficking and money-laundering charges in recent decades, it was the first time U.S. prosecutors targeted a sitting governor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

It was as I was sitting there in the hay, watching her chomping away, that I told her the dreadful truth that I dared tell no one else.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo