Sentence examples for be sat upon from inspiring English sources
"I want my furniture to be touched, to be sat upon, to be eaten upon, whatever".
Robin Williams was exciting to me because he seemed to be sat upon a geyser of comedy.
And many people speculated that Microsoft's unhappy record with new acquisitions might mean that yet another disruptive mouse was about to be sat upon by the software elephant.
Roughly the size and shape of a grand-piano lid, it can be sat upon, picnicked on and gently rocked, and on any fine day, amid the bustle of the avenue, there are people doing just that.
Ten striated pink-and-gray rocks form a bulwark at one end; others stand singly or brood in small groups in the ice; at the edge of the rink, one that looks like an elephant flank can be sat upon.
Already, costs were three times higher than originally expected.This episode, when "the first thing that happened was that expenditure took off into the stratosphere and had to be sat upon very firmly", was long etched into the collective memory of senior health and finance officials, says Jeremy Hurst, a health economist at the OECD.
Farm subsidies are the 21st century equivalent of feudal aid: the taxes medieval vassals were forced to pay their lords for the privilege of being sat upon.
In fact, it can withstand a six-foot plunge and 220 pounds of pressure, which means it should generally survive being sat upon.
The feet may be removed or wrapped in tin foil, the bird roasted and the foil removed to add nobility to the serving, especially if each bird is sat upon a crouton of bread upon a great platter.
You can watch the birds and see the eggs, when they're not being sat upon, here.
