Word Finder - bench

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A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.

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They sat on a park bench and tossed bread crumbs to the ducks and pigeons.

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The people who decide on the verdict; the judiciary.

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They are awaiting a decision on the motion from the bench.

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The place where the judges sit.

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She sat on the bench for 30 years before she retired.

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The dignity of holding an official seat.

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the bench of bishops

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The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.

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He spent the first three games on the bench, watching.

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The number of players on a team able to participate, expressed in terms of length.

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Injuries have shortened the bench.

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A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.

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She placed the workpiece on the bench, inspected it closely, and opened the cover.

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A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.

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A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.

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After removing the bench, we can use the mark left on the wall as a reference point.

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A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.

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A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.

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A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.

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A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity.

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A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.

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To remove a player from play.

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They benched him for the rest of the game because they thought he was injured.

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• sideline

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To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.

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To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.

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To furnish with benches.

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To place on a bench or seat of honour.

She slid into the opposite bench and let her gaze drop significantly to the cup in his hand.

He motioned to the bench next to her.

We settled on a bench with a view of the mighty Mississippi.

She won't even tell you how much she can bench press.

Despite being able to bench press two of her, the men actually listened.

At length, as I leaned with my elbow on the bench one day, it ran up my clothes, and along my sleeve, and round and round the paper which held my dinner, while I kept the latter close, and dodged and played at bopeep with it; and when at last I held still a piece of cheese between my thumb and finger, it came and nibbled it, sitting in my hand, and afterward cleaned its face and paws, like a fly, and walked away.

Never mind he spent three years constantly riding the bench, hoping against hope for a miracle, as he practiced, cheered and hustled with unbridled enthusiasm.

Settling Kiera on a grey slab bench, the first man straightened and motioned the other over.

She quietly rose from the bench.

When they reached the park, they sat on the same bench they shared last time.

A bench style dinette set was the only furniture in the house.

He circled the bench, until he was able to see the features of the Original Human more fully.

Xander felt her gaze and sat on a bench facing her.

Blowing a knee or shoulder joint effectively puts you on the bench for weeks or months, derailing your whole effort.

She peeled off the thick coat and draped it over one bench before seating herself facing the door, as her father had taught her.

Someone had cleared the snow from a bench so the Deans sat, catching their breath.

Jackson shifted nervously on the piano bench.

He stopped playing, turned on the piano bench and pulled her close by her waist.

She changed, left her folded clothing on the bench outside the locker, and slammed the locker closed.

On the rug-covered bench where Pierre had seen him in the morning sat Kutuzov, his gray head hanging, his heavy body relaxed.

And all these groups, while talking among themselves, tried to keep near the commander-in-chief (whose bench formed the center of the gathering) and to speak so that he might overhear them.

They sat embraced on the piano bench for a few minutes more, then Jackson kissed her temple.

She obeyed, inching towards the bench until she lay on her side, suspended by the harness above the seat by a few inches.

There she sank to a bench and released her emotions.

She slid onto the bench.

Jessi sat down on a bench and breathed deeply.

Thus the court of king's bench (curia regis de banco) was founded, and the foundation of the court of common pleas was provided for in one of the articles of Magna Carta.

Stolypin, there is no intention of converting the ministerial bench into a prisoners' dock.

The shed at Hugson's Siding was bare save for an old wooden bench, and did not look very inviting.

The little man, having had a good sleep, felt rested and refreshed, and looking through the glass partition of the room he saw Zeb sitting up on his bench and yawning.

The flogging was only just over, and the executioner was releasing from the flogging bench a stout man with red whiskers, in blue stockings and a green jacket, who was moaning piteously.

On the Poklonny Hill, four miles from the Dorogomilov gate of Moscow, Kutuzov got out of his carriage and sat down on a bench by the roadside.

Sit on a bench at the park or mall and make notes.

Raise yourself up by pushing your hands on the bench.

A brow quirked and he motioned to the bench.

I made it to the circle park at the head of Main Street and drank in the sunshine on a park bench.

A flicker of light, and the clothing appeared on a slate grey slab serving as a bench near the door.

She sighed, ready for bed, and twisted to swing her legs from the bench.

She shifted her body to face him, but he moved to her side and sat on the bench a safe distance from her.

The cell where she sat measured six by six with a grey bench.

She had put her sketchbook down on the bench.

He was one of those guys who drank beer all night, smoked Camels and never practiced while I broke my butt and sat on the bench.

She bit her lower lip and settled down on the bench.

She climbed stiffly from the bench and went from window to window, studying the area around the cabin.

He Traveled to a quiet playground, eyes settling on the woman seated on a bench.

His thigh was against hers, his large frame taking up most of the bench.

Jenn appeared in his peripheral then crossed to sit at the bench across from him.

Being brought before the bar of the House of Lords he made submission as to his conduct in declaring parliament dissolved by the prorogation, and in violating the Lords' privileges by bringing a habeas corpus in the King's Bench.

That event frustrated Grindal's proposed elevation to the episcopal bench and he did not consider himself bound to await the evils which he had foretold.

Mr Taft gained great influence among the more conservative Filipinos, and their entreaties to him to remain influenced him to decline the offer of a place upon the Supreme bench offered by President Roosevelt in 1902.