sitter

Example Sentences

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But first, how do we get from unemployed house sitter to impending Italian nuptials?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

This is evident in the portraits themselves, which all take the same form: Neck-up views with the sitter looking directly at us.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

It wasn't Nancy's fault that Johnny Kenny missed an easy chance or that Daizen Maeda spurned a sitter.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

The nearly 70-year retrospective of portrait drawings in pencil and paint by Los Angeles artist Don Bachardy revealed the works to be like performances: Both artist and sitter participated in putting on a pictorial show.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

The hulk, the hunching sitter, brought a third box now, to rest his feet on.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston