SEAT in a Sentence

Learn SEAT from example sentences, some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

For SEAT, below is one of 334 sentences:
And the voice went off into a whisper as the granddaughter slipped out to try to induce Mr. McRae to return to his seat in the shade.

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 Meanings and Examples of SEAT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
seat
 n.  a thing made or used for sitting on
 v.  cause to sit down
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The cat, unnoticed, had crept up on muffled paws from Zeena's seat to the table, and was stealthily elongating its body in the direction of the milk-jug, which stood between Ethan and Mattie.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  He dropped back into his seat and hid his face in his hands.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
3  Zeena came into the room with her dragging down-at-the-heel step, and quietly took her accustomed seat between them.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
4  When supper was over she rose from her seat and pressed her hand to the flat surface over the region of her heart.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
5  Zeena, who had gone back to her seat by the stove, did not lift her head from her book as he passed.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
6  He flung the bearskin into the sleigh, climbed to the seat, and drove up to the house.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
7  He sprang to his seat and bent over to tuck the rug about her as she slipped into the place at his side.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
8  He took his seat on the sled and Mattie instantly placed herself in front of him.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
9  Her breath in his neck set him shuddering again, and he almost sprang from his seat.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
10  She rose from her seat to watch him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
11  Carreen, who was small for her age, could not kneel comfortably at the table and so knelt facing a chair, her elbows on the seat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
12  Mammy, as head woman of the plantation, had remained to help Ellen, and it was Dilcey who rode on the driver's seat beside Toby, the girls' dancing dresses in a long box across her lap.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
13  And the voice went off into a whisper as the granddaughter slipped out to try to induce Mr. McRae to return to his seat in the shade.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
14  India rose tiredly from her seat beneath the arbor and went toward the angry Stuart Tarleton.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
15  Far across the long room before the hearth, the seven-foot sofa, Ashley's favorite seat, reared its high back, like some huge sleeping animal.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
Example Sentence: (124 in 9 pages)
16  He is to remain in the hot seat as chief executive.
17  The fact I was wearing a seat belt saved my life.
18  The vacant seat of the financial minister is hotly contested among politicians.
19  I always ask for a window seat when I fly.
20  The seat tilts forward, when you press this lever.
21  Please return your seat to an upright position and fasten your belt.
22  Please give your seat to an elderly or disabled person if they require it.
23  The constituency I live in is a safe Labour seat.
24  Please read the safety leaflet in the seat pocket in front of you.
25  The seat is bolted in place for extra safety.
26  She sat back in her seat.
27  The seat next to him was vacant.
28  The seat - covers on the train had been ripped by vandals.
29  There's only one seat so you'll have to sit on my lap.
30  Passengers must fasten their seat belts prior to descent.