Sentence examples for is sat upon from inspiring English sources

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.

To combat this, Sentry has created a system that auto-locks brakes on a walker when it is sat upon, and doesn't unlock them until the person manually releases the catch.

Depth usually refers to the space from the front of the seat to the back, and not how deep a cushion goes when it is sat upon.

Sardines fly, cactuses are sat upon.

"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.

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.

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.

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.

Never put it in a wallet or back pocket where it will be sat upon.