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Meanings of sitting posture in English

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Usage of sitting posture in English
1
Suddenly the Indian snatched up the prostrate boy to a sitting posture.
The Shagganappi
2
These figures, which are in a sitting posture, are of colossal dimensions.
A Woman's Journey Round the World / From Vienna to Brazil, Chili...
3
At the thought, he whirled over and up into a sitting posture.
Plotting in Pirate Seas
4
At the intrusion, Fiddles rose to a sitting posture and stared wonderingly.
Fiddles / 1909
5
He stooped down and lifted the sleeping man to a sitting posture.
Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Volume 2.
6
With eyes still bulging, the boy lifted himself into a sitting posture.
The Red Cross Girl
7
Getting into a sitting posture, the poor fellow at first looked dazed.
The Prairie Chief
8
My efforts were repeated, and at length I attained a sitting posture.
Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
9
Suddenly he pulled himself up into a sitting posture like her own.
Mary Olivier: a Life
10
The old man drew himself to a sitting posture, then swayed slightly.
No Defense, Complete
11
A footfall somewhere made me spring into an erect, sitting posture again.
The Doctor's Daughter
12
Finally, astonished at what he heard, he arose to a sitting posture.
The Downfall
13
Jim was jerked to a sitting posture, listening with all his ears.
In the Roaring Fifties
14
He rose impetuously to a sitting posture: Then give me my musket!
The Downfall
15
Billings slowly and with a sigh assumed a sitting posture in the chair.
A First Family of Tasajara
16
He came forcibly down on the snow-crust in a sitting posture.
The Camp in the Snow; Or, Besieged by Danger
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