sitting

Example Sentences

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"Places like A&E can be quite popular spots, just sitting there and hopefully not be moved on," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“They’d much rather run the risk of hiking now and having to cut later than sitting back and letting inflation run away from them,” Pantheon’s Vistesen said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

There, he discovered that trans history in Colombia, arguably more than in the U.S., lives inside of people’s homes, raw in their stories — not just sitting neatly in an academic archive.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

It feels like he’s sitting there and talking to you.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Then one day in science class, I was sitting in the back row, totally zoned out.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith