'benches' is a correct and commonly used word in written English.
It is the plural form of 'bench', which refers to a long seat for multiple people. You can use 'benches' when describing a seating area with multiple benches, or when discussing the number or arrangement of benches in a certain location. Example: The park was filled with rows of wooden benches, providing a peaceful spot for visitors to sit and enjoy the sun.
Some of the new intake on the Labour benches is very inspiring.
The bills will go to the lower house first thing to be passed so that the i's are dotted and the t's are crossed, ready for when the new senators take up their benches next week.
Miliband raced for the exit to a few shouts of 'Loser' from the Tory benches.
Metres away, outside in the street, four Ebola victims lie listlessly on benches in a tent erected to deal with the queues of patients who descended on this clinic in Freetown when Ebola first flared up in the Sierra Leonean capital.
Within a short walk, past the madrasa, are the Forodhani Gardens, a seafront sanctuary filled with walkways, benches and food stalls.
Following a cleanup, the activists used salvaged material to build benches, mobile sunshades and other elements of an ingenious, rapidly reconfigurable parliament – and the first question they put before this parliament was how to manage the site itself.
But while some on the coalition benches have been fond of evoking the spirit of William Wilberforce, the legislation fails to match their rhetoric.
Parents seated on rows of wooden benches clap, cheer and take photographs on smartphones.
"We want the things you get in an urban plaza, like benches, steps and ledges, that create the right texture and atmosphere for skating".
These one-room wooden cabins come with a table, benches, bunkbeds and a screened porch – a step up from a tent, but still pretty basic.
The opposition benches must send a message to this Tory government that they cannot ride roughshod over our future We will also seek to amend the legislation to ensure that no constituent part of the UK can be taken out of the EU against its will.
