sitter
Example Sentences
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In this case Raphael’s sympathetic depiction of his sitter highlights less his external qualities than his lively mind.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Vangelis Pavlidis, their go-to striker, missed a sitter early on and then missed again and again.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
A reliable pet sitter, especially at the last minute, is as hard to come by as a free street parking spot in Koreatown on a Friday night.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2025
Even if she had paid for a sitter for 10 hours at $25 an hour, she would have saved thousands.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
Henri the painter was occupied, for Holman’s Department Store had employed not a flag-pole sitter but a flag-pole skater.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
