sitting

Example Sentences

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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 The Wall Street Journal

The stock market’s momentum appears to have stalled in December, with the S&P 500 sitting on a monthly loss heading into the final full week of the calendar year.

From MarketWatch