Eric and the Wind Children sat cross-legged and waited.
Even the Buddha himself, cross-legged and imperturbable, had to sit for his portrait.
He found the old man sitting cross-legged on a mat in the dirty, almost bare apartment.
I found him in a simple room, sitting cross-legged in a window recess from which he can see the temple roofs and the lofty mountains and the sinful town in the valley.
The old woman sat down cross-legged by the charcoal, and began to fan it.
cross-legged| American Dictionary
cross-legged
adverb[not gradable]
us/ˈkrɔsˌleɡ·ɪd,-ˌleɡd/
in apositionwith bothlegsbent, onerestingunder the other:
Sittingcross-leggedmight one way or another - ruin the work.
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It is a hunched male seatedcross-leggedwith his arms crossed and resting on his knees.
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The turbaned magician satcross-leggedon a cushion, surrounded by attendants.
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In addition, the three individuals were buried in across-leggedseated position, indicative of very high social status.
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Although its head is missing, the figure clearly depicts a male seated in across-leggedposition with his hands on his knees and wearing a royal belt assemblage.
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He was sittingcross-leggedon the floor outside the exhibition space and working on a sheet of white pliable plastic with a pair of small scissors.
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The body position of potbelly sculpture-seated,cross-legged, with the arms wrapping the body or, in some cases, holding an object in the lap-is unmistakably symbolic of rulership.
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Kneeling or sittingcross-legged, keep your back straight (most important), your chin slightly tucked in, and your shoulders slightly back.
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It depicted every woman in coat, breeches, and high boots, sittingcross-leggedand smoking cigars, when in truth not a bloomer was present.
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He wanders through the desert until reaching a telephone pole and sitting down,cross-legged.
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A child sits on this part of the base,cross-leggedand straddling the pole, and turns the disk, spinning the child in the other direction.
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There is a depiction of his four-legged seatedcross-leggedn a cushioned seat supported by two bulls.
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One is that this name was chosen in reference to thecross-leggedposition in which tailors once sat.
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The kacapi is traditionally played by sittingcross-leggedon the floor.
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Everybody remains seated,cross-legged, although one is allowed to stretch the legs from time to time.
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