window seat

Example Sentences

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When the next streetcar rolls in, the upper deck fills with a gaggle of schoolgirls, squabbling over who gets the window seat closest to the sea breeze.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

She tries to find an empty row of seats or, if it is full, a window seat so she has something to lean on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

While not everyone has the money to fly or the luck to grab a window seat, we can nonetheless celebrate the work through social media as well as traditional media outlets.

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2025

Many of us will be familiar with the dilemma of being in a window seat and needing to go to the toilet, but the person next to you has fallen asleep.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024

He went over to the middle window in the room, which was separated by a window seat from the cherrywood table where Mrs. Glass paid bills and wrote letters.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger