sitting
Example Sentences
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The allegations tarnished two governors, a sitting congresswoman, China’s senior diplomat in New York and Chinese community groups.
That is, after all, a job that pays with little more effort than sitting down for what I’d assume is close to just an hour’s work.
From Salon
When he was asked to do an emergency stop, the examiner fell off the box he was sitting on and cut his leg.
From BBC
In the immediate aftermath, “nothing happened, but we kept on having all these aftershocks sitting there right near the San Andreas and making us uncomfortable and worrying about it,” Jones said.
From Los Angeles Times
“I like sitting next to the fire reading a paper. Having it with Cheesecake.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
