sitting

Example Sentences

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She found that in this trial, which is sitting without a jury, there is still a case to answer.

From BBC

Higher in the sky, Uranus will be sitting in the constellation Taurus and won't set until around midnight, giving skywatchers with the right equipment a better chance of tracking it down.

From BBC

"I thought it was an earthquake. I was sitting down and I fell on the floor, along with the other passengers," one man told Ansa news agency.

From BBC

Vernice was “destined for more education and a husband who made his living sitting a chair”; Annie hoped “for factory work and a man who didn’t drink up his pay.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"Right now everything here is suppressed, everything is persecuted, people are sitting in prisons."

From Barron's