Sentence examples for elevated sitting from inspiring English sources

The road itself is elevated, sitting above the flooded areas flanking it, so families dragged their mattresses, suitcases and other belongings to the highway's edge, desperate for help.

The pies sat on a cookie sheet, which I elevated by sitting it on a grill basket.

Even some in the anti-Ahmadinejad audience gasped a bit as Columbia's president gave the meanest introduction in the history of introductions — one that only managed to elevate the creep sitting on stage with his thugs.

Non pharmacological measures to reduce these episodes of breakthrough pain included a brace to immobilise the knee joint, crutches to minimise weight bearing, and ensuring the leg was elevated when Hannah was sitting.

The cushion naturally helps improve your posture by slightly elevating your hips, and sitting in a chair with a back will help you sit up straight and eliminate pressure on your spine and pelvis.

It is unclear whether prolonged sitting elevates the risk of hypertension (19, 20).

The 35 gross-motor items include being able to control the head, rolling from side to side and from lying on the back to lying on the front, elevating trunk while prone, sitting either with or without support, moving from sitting to hands and knees, crawling, standing with support, and raising self from sitting to a standing position.

You can elevate your ankle while sitting or lying down.

You can also use several pillows on your bed to elevate yourself instead of sitting on a chair or couch.

Rest it as much as you can and keep it elevated on a pillow when sitting in an armchair.

Speaking may elevate BP by 8-15mmHg (Arch Intern Med 153:2741), sitting w/o back support may elevate BP by 5-10mmHg (J Gen Intern Med 10 223).