sitting

Example Sentences

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Trump sat in the front row for part of the oral arguments, becoming the first sitting president to attend such a hearing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

If you really love this property, it’s worth sitting down with your partner’s parents and expressing how you feel.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Iran owns only one shore—with Oman’s Musandam exclave sitting on the other.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In another particularly grotesque moment of that hearing, Bondi refused to acknowledge the row of Epstein’s survivors sitting behind her.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

They had all their stuff spread out on the table and looked intense, as if they were in another world while sitting somewhere otherworldly.

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