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
  • Blair needs help getting on the floor to sit cross-legged to play.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • More than a dozen girls and boys sit cross-legged inside a makeshift classroom along the coastal region.
    — Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Is her mother close to her, across the room washing her face, or cross-legged on the toilet seat?
    — Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Sit in a comfortable cross-legged position with your hands on a mat next to your hips.
    — Health Editorial Team, Health, 20 Dec. 2025
  • McIntyre even sat down, cross-legged, to cut portions of his promo.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Controlling my mind isn’t about sitting cross-legged on a beach while the market tanks.
    — Maksym Blazhkun, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Floor-to-stand progressive practice Sit cross-legged on the floor.
    — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Linda, who was seventy-five years old, and white, was sitting cross-legged on a cot.
    — Sierra Crane Murdoch, Harper's Magazine, 3 May 2023
  • Then, from the same cross-legged position, rise up without placing your hands or knees on the floor.
    — Ben Court, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Shirlee sat cross-legged in the middle of her bedroom floor, between the bunk beds, rolling them something to smoke.
    — Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Lisa sat cross-legged on the narrow tile floor between the stacks, the big P volume spread open in her lap.
    — Michael W. Clune, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Apr. 2023
  • Sitting cross-legged on the floor while her scalp was parted and pulled by a cousin, an auntie, someone who loved her.
    — Ruhama Wolle, Vogue, 22 May 2025
  • The crowds gathered in the park, the children scurried to the front and sat, cross-legged, staring up in awe at him.
    — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • Back at his shop, the diamond broker sits cross-legged with a velvet jewelry tray perched on his lap.
    — Sushmita Pathak, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The cockpit has plenty of room for sitting cross-legged or stretching out your stems, and gear doesn’t have to get left behind.
    — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023
  • Under one archway, four elderly men sat cross-legged on cushions with their backs to rough limestone walls.
    — Winthrop Rodgers, The Dial, 14 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • The oversized, chunky button-down sweater pairs well with a cami, and the pull-on jogger-style pants are loose enough to sit cross-legged.
    — Christina Shepherd McGuire, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Jan. 2025
  • The image showed dozens of prisoners in white T-shirts and shorts sitting cross-legged, their hands cuffed and heads down.
    — Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • In an adjoining, windowless room, two men in fuzzy caps sat cross-legged, threading meat and fat on skewers.
    — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The carport is where Marzan sits cross-legged for hours looping coconut coir, making nets and twining.
    — Sarah Sekula, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
  • 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
  • The two then sat on a couch, where Barrymore sat close to Shields, cross-legged, and discussed their childhoods.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The other dancers, aged 11 to 16, sit cross-legged on the linoleum floor talking about social media.
    — Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 5 June 2024

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