pew

Example Sentences

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Sitting in the pew, on its own, does nothing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

In her student days, for stress relief, Ms. Chan would lie on a pew and gaze upon this “airy canopy of stone.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

A few hours before the memorial service began, Kasselia had been sitting in a pew in his empty church, trying to make sense of it.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2025

They sat in the pew surrounded by my huge Salvadoran family, and when I glanced at them while giving my father’s eulogy, I saw their eyes wet with tears.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

And other people in the same pew got up and squeezed past me, kicking my shoe toward the aisle in the process.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago