How to Use cross-legged in a Sentence

cross-legged

adverb or adjective
  • Smith sits with monks in a monastery, cross-legged on the ground.
    — Abigail Wise, Outside, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Nellie sat cross-legged on her bed, tugging her knees into her chest.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The therapist was a round, soft woman who sat cross-legged on a fuzzy couch.
    — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • Sit in a comfortable cross-legged position with your hands on a mat next to your hips.
    — Health Editorial Team, Health, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Controlling my mind isn’t about sitting cross-legged on a beach while the market tanks.
    — Maksym Blazhkun, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The gym was so crowded that fans were three-deep on the baselines and children sat cross-legged in front of the bleachers.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Cross one leg over the other and lower yourself to a sitting cross-legged position on the floor.
    — Jennifer Klump, Verywell Health, 28 May 2026
  • In one specific scene, she's seen wearing what appears to be the same black sports bra while sitting cross-legged on the floor.
    — Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That’s just one take, me and Andrew Watt sitting cross-legged across from each other on the studio floor.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • There were two charpoys, with a table that held the board squeezed between them, teacups crowded to the side, players sitting cross-legged.
    — Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
  • After the attack, he was videotaped sitting cross-legged on the sidewalk, covered in blood and holding the golf club in one hand.
    — Kc Baker, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Nearby, a group of men sat cross-legged on the ground in a circle, shielding their eyes from errant flakes as one of them hammered chunks off a large clump of gum.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
  • Our 4-year-old son settles into the crook of my legs, fitting himself into the space formed by my cross-legged seat like a puzzle piece.
    — Sherilyn Siy, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In one extreme test involving a wide step and cross-legged maneuver, Cassie failed to recover.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Her thoughts drift back to the little girl in Melbourne, cross-legged on the floor, staring at picture books of Everest.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Asala Ferany sat cross-legged inside her tent in a camp near Deir al-Balah, trying to soothe her youngest child.
    — Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Seven-year-old Killian Todd sits cross-legged on his bedroom floor, surrounded by stacks of Pokémon cards.
    — Amanda Green, Parents, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Etebari’s grandfather would have insisted on putting a cloth on the floor and having everyone sit cross-legged to eat, as is the custom in Iran.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Say, for instance, a fluffy Sasquatch, or a crooner of a moon in pajamas singing an old-timey lullaby to all the little ones seated cross-legged on the floor.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
  • After exploring the caves in awe, Dorje sat cross-legged on the rocky ground next to his father, Dorje Tsegyal.
    — CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • The sight of the lumbering actor wearing track clothes and sitting cross-legged while listening to a soothing relaxation tape on headphones is priceless.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026
  • On exam day, students pack into Cameron Indoor Stadium, sitting cross-legged on the hardwood court.
    — Storey Wertheimer, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The floor, meanwhile, is covered with parquet-wood tiles familiar to anyone who was required to sit cross-legged in an assembly hall in Britain in the seventies.
    — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
  • As soon as we were settled as a group, a few of us on the bed, a few cross-legged on the carpet, Rosie swore us to secrecy and showed us her pack of birth-control pills, from which three were missing.
    — Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Seated cross-legged on the floor, the artisans work with such speed that their fingers blur, selecting, stretching and knotting individual strands into an intricate mesh.
    — ABC News, 9 June 2026
  • Seated cross-legged on the floor, the artisans work with such speed that their fingers blur, selecting, stretching and knotting individual strands into an intricate mesh.
    — ABC News, 8 June 2026
  • An autopsy commissioned by the family concluded that Paez Terán, who used they/them pronouns, was sitting cross-legged with their hands in the air when they were shot more than a dozen times.
    — R.j. Rico, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Following the killing, the family commissioned an autopsy that concluded that Paez Terán was sitting cross-legged with their hands in the air when they were shot 13 times.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The sit-to-stand test (sometimes called the sit-rising test) is a simple test that involves transferring from standing to sitting cross-legged on the floor and back to standing, ideally without using your hands, knees, or other objects to assist you.
    — Jennifer Klump, Verywell Health, 28 May 2026
  • Hodges and his fellow CDU 42 officers stayed in the Capitol Crypt until late that night, sitting cross-legged and leaning against columns, nursing their wounds.
    — Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026

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