Seats

Examples

• Only among the seats are there left any of your fighting-men, and they and the slave women are fast being cut down. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Shut into the drawing-room, the pair took seats, each in an arm-chair, placed opposite, a few yards between them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The remains of this extensive wood are still to be seen at the noble seats of Wentworth, of Warncliffe Park, and around Rotherham. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• We greeted each other, and after shaking hands took our seats. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The new cushions are a great improvement upon the hard marble seats we have been so long accustomed to. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The doors were at the ends, a row of seats ran along each side of the interior, and a long deal table extended down the centre. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• All idea of a Peerage was out of the question, the Baronet's two seats in Parliament being lost. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• There were some ladies and several gentlemen standing about yet unaccommodated with seats. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• On the other side of the lawn, facing the targets, was pitched a real tent, with benches and garden-seats about it. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• You can't sit with us, for our seats are reserved, and you mustn't sit alone, so Laurie will give you his place, and that will spoil our pleasure. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• And as the other party withdrew, he and his band took the vacated seats. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• At seven o'clock, the four members ascended to the clubroom, tied their badges round their heads, and took their seats with great solemnity. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• When all were in their seats he turned toward us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• They had seats on one of the stands, but of course they couldn't stop quiet: the Duchess never can. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He occupied an excellent place, some twelve or fourteen seats from the end of a bench, within three rows of the stalls. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

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