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Discover LudwigThis is a grammatically acceptable phrase.
You can use it to discuss an uncomfortable position one might take, or a partial way of sitting or standing. For example: "I sat on the edge of the chair, half sitting, half standing, for the entire meeting."
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When we landed my legs buckled, and I found myself half sitting.
United were again astonishingly passive, allowing Juve 71% possession in the first half, sitting off and watching them play.
The only finished work on the floor was "Sleeping Woman," a stainless-steel carving of a homeless person, life-size, half sitting and half lying on a bench.
He thumbed his nose and sniffed a few times, then gave a small shrug of disdain and settled, half sitting, on the front of the desk.
She was half sitting sideways on a motorcycle seat, her legs straight out and her feet in their sandals planted on the paving stones.
A cosy two-goal lead allowed Leicester to spend the remainder of the first half sitting back, and occasionally springing forward on the counterattack.
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Wales piled on the pressure and although Jones missed a penalty, he looked to have snatched a famous victory in the final minute, the fly-half sitting back 'in the pocket' to snap a drop-goal between the posts.
I laid there on the uncomfortable bed, slightly tilted into a half reclined-half sitting up position, wondering if I'd made a mistake.
But her son pointed out that only half of their money was invested in stocks, with the other half safely sitting in high-quality bond funds.
It took me only half a night to put it all back, and I spent the other half just sitting there and looking at it.
After a year and a half of sitting the bench, just to play is the thing.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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