sitter
Example Sentences
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One subsequent sitter would be Henry’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, who had reportedly hated More so much that upon his execution she threw his portrait to the ground.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
The TV set was my sitter, and I became obsessed with movies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
A reliable pet sitter, especially at the last minute, is as hard to come by as a free street parking spot in Koreatown on a Friday night.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2025
Matt Short should have been run out without scoring in the same over but Shubman Gill missed a sitter with the throw and he survived.
From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025
Our interest arises no doubt from the remnant of a primitive belief that an image captures not merely the likeness but also the soul of a sitter.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
