SEDENTARY in a Sentence
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Example sentences for SEDENTARY, such as:
1. His sedentary life had left him with flaccid muscles.
2. My doctor says I should start playing sport because my lifestyle is too sedentary.
3. In spite of her sedentary habits such abrupt decisions were not without precedent in Zeena's history.
4. It seemed that both had lately had a touch of that pain under the waistband which comes of a sedentary life.
5. He was a seaman, but he was a wanderer, too, while most seamen lead, if one may so express it, a sedentary life.
2. My doctor says I should start playing sport because my lifestyle is too sedentary.
3. In spite of her sedentary habits such abrupt decisions were not without precedent in Zeena's history.
4. It seemed that both had lately had a touch of that pain under the waistband which comes of a sedentary life.
5. He was a seaman, but he was a wanderer, too, while most seamen lead, if one may so express it, a sedentary life.
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Meanings and Examples of SEDENTARY
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sedentary
a. requiring sitting; accustomed to sitting or to taking little exercise; living in one area, not migratory
Classic Sentence:
1 He was a seaman, but he was a wanderer, too, while most seamen lead, if one may so express it, a sedentary life.
2 The expression sounded wonderfully odd, with its suggestion of sedentary desk-life.
3 In spite of her sedentary habits such abrupt decisions were not without precedent in Zeena's history.
4 He considered his disposition as of the sort which must suffer heavily, uniting very strong feelings with quiet, serious, and retiring manners, and a decided taste for reading, and sedentary pursuits.
5 It seemed that both had lately had a touch of that pain under the waistband which comes of a sedentary life.
Example Sentence:
1 His sedentary life had left him with flaccid muscles.
2 Disliking the effect of her sedentary occupation on her figure, Stacy decided to work out at the gym every other day.
3 My doctor says I should start playing sport because my lifestyle is too sedentary.