sitting

Example Sentences

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Kentucky is sitting on roughly 16.1 million barrels of bourbon—the equivalent of around 300 million cases—according to the Kentucky Distillers’ Association.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Chelsea entered Saturday sitting two points behind Arsenal and ended it in the same place.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Rousey acknowledges this, admitting Carano "inspired her when she was sitting on the couch one day".

From BBC • May 16, 2026

“We are not a sitting duck. We are not easy targets.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

And those that were not asleep were sitting there on straw-filled sacks looking up at me blankly as I passed by.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo