Sentence examples for sat rather from inspiring English sources

I remember they sat rather formally in a line, looking at me with poker faces.

The new edition, for the book's 30th anniversary, however, moves the hand slightly – it's now "sat rather conservatively on the rider's hip", says the Mail.

For the most part, Mr Tsipras sat rather impassively listening to a translation on his headphone and taking a few notes, interjecting with the occasional finger-wagging, head shake or chuckle.

That story describes her last visit to Duncan's bedside, and is heavy with regret: "[She] sat rather rigidly in the rocking chair, unable, for the wrong reasons, to make small talk.

I think the Strip has become the new version of the Hollywood back lot where ancient Rome, Versailles and a Viking castle sat rather sadly in the midday sun, conspiring in nothing except a camp culture.

But Pullman said this morning that his position as patron of the festival "sat rather awkwardly" with his role as president of the Society of Authors, which has been campaigning for authors to receive fair payment at literary festivals.

These days he sits rather quietly, politely answering questions.

But this stranger doesn't have a beard, and he sits rather than stands.

This sits rather uncomfortably with the religious righteousness of most pro-life advocacy.

Oddly, the mourners sit, rather than stand, at a funeral in a Russian church.

In one, a lady sits, rather loftily, at a loom; in another, a woman prepares tortillas.