sitting position

collocation in English

meaningsofsittingandposition

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sitting
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪt.ɪŋ/us
/ˈsɪt̬.ɪŋ/
existing or continuing at the ...
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position
noun
uk
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofsittingandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsitting position

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The patient starts from thesittingposition.
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Three seconds later, she rose to asittingpositionand resumed her play.
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The patient is lifted into thesittingposition, now facing left.
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Before taking the blood sample, blood pressure was determined by sphygmomanometer, usually in thesittingposition.
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Patients with musculoskeletal disorders have difficulty arising from asittingpositionand walk in a slow deliberate fashion.
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Access to the patient is easy, and ventilation can be achieved with the patient in asittingposition.
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No, from asittingposition.
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No instance was recorded of the female superior position being used, while only one man reported use of asittingposition.
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I shall say it from asittingposition.
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That is a question from asittingposition.
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I have been interrupted from asittingposition.
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I do not like his interrupting from asittingposition.
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I should not have intervened from asittingposition.
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They present with constitutional symptoms and painless weakness in the proximal muscles, so that standing up from asittingpositionor lifting the arms becomes difficult.
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The police found her resting in asittingpositionburied two metres below ground.
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Observations from asittingpositionwhich do not reach my ear do not merit an answer.
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No, all he can do is mutter and moan from asittingposition.
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I see no reason why he should continue his speech while in asittingposition.
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I cannot resist making a comment from a standing and not asittingposition.
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In thesittingposition, it becomes relaxed, thus permitting the pelvis to tilt backward into itssittingposition.
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The actual machinery will be placed lower down so that it can be used from asittingposition.
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A rest can also be used in thesittingposition.
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The wrestler then drops to asittingposition.
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The hill looks like an elephant in asittingposition.
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