Word Finder - sitters

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Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.

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One employed to watch or tend something; a babysitter, housesitter, petsitter, etc.

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It's always such a pain to get a sitter on short notice.

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A participant in a séance.

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A broody hen.

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A very easy scoring chance.

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How could he miss that? It was an absolute sitter!

To every Salon Houdon was a chief contributor; most of the leading men of the day were his sitters; his busts of d'Alembert, Prince Henry of Prussia, Gerbier, Buffon (for Catharine of Russia) and Mirabeau are remarkable portraits; and in 1778, when the news of Rousseau's death reached him, Houdon started at once for Ermenonville, and there took a cast of the dead man's face, from which he produced the grand and life-like head now in the Louvre.

Whilst by many the movements were ascribed to the agency of spirits, two investigators - count de Gasparin and Professor Thury of Geneva - conducted a careful series of experiments by which they claimed to have demonstrated that the movements of the table were due to a physical force emanating from the bodies of the sitters, for which they proposed the name "ectenic force."

Carpenter and others pointed out, however, that the phenomena obviously depended upon the expectation of the sitters, and could be stopped altogether by appropriate suggestion.

Among her many sitters was Marie Antoinette, of whom she painted over twenty portraits between 1779 and 1789.

Television, video and computers do not make good baby sitters.

Sitters are fully vetted, mature, responsible animal lovers.

Michael Massingham captures with a rare skill, the humor, fun and downright sexiness of his sitters.

They do tend toward broodiness but are not good sitters as they are too heavy and tend to break the eggs.

So too did some of her other more notable sitters, including Britain's Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill himself.

If the emergency contact is unavailable, then UK pet sitters will advise the house sitter on the course of action to be taken.

Quinn's recent sculptures of disabled sitters evoke the broken figures and marble materials of antique statuary.

Keane 7.5 - grabbed a goal and was robbed of a penalty but he missed some sitters.

So too did some of her other more notable sitters, including Britain 's Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill himself.

Quinn 's recent sculptures of disabled sitters evoke the broken figures and marble materials of antique statuary.

M r D. O. Hill 5 R.S.A. will superintend the artistic arrangement of the sitters.

While they may not want you to steal their babysitter, friends and family may be able to give you a few names of reliable sitters.

Some nannies are simply regular baby sitters.

Since they are affordable and fairly easy to find, teenage sitters are often recruited for one-night jobs.

Maybe they wanted an entire football team (and a few bench sitters), maybe they just plain love kids.

Why add to your pet's stress by putting him in a boarding kennel when you can use pet sitters to care for your dog in your own home?

Pet sitters present a viable alternative to kennels because their services allow your pet to remain in the comfort of its own home where it feels most secure.

Most pet sitters will also make sure your pet receives some much needed affection in your absence.

There are a some definite advantages to using professional pet sitters.

Most sitters will gladly bring in your mail and newspaper if you haven't put these items on hold while you're gone.

There may be pet sitters listed in your local phone directory; however, the following websites can also help you find reliable care givers for your pet.

However, in-home sitters range from nannies who may have training in child development and first aid to women who, although not trained formally, have had many years of experience caring for children, including their own.

Good sources for sitters who are no longer needed by a family are local preschools and nursery schools.

The sitters should be ready to answer specific questions.

How much time does the sitter spend with other sitters and friends?

Some sitters request a higher rate after midnight.

However, juvenile sitters should not be asked to dispense medications to children.

Sitters should know the household routines, approved television programs, recommended bedtime stories, and bedtime.

Finding one or two reliable baby sitters can also give a single parent or a couple time to themselves or to reconnect after a tough week of school or work.

The possibility of pregnancy may leave you painting the nursery, seeking out sitters, and deciding on diaper brands.

Call the student support office of the college and ask them about finding sitters.

A seance is a session where a group of people, called sitters, come together in an attempt to contact and communicate with deceased humans who are believed to be spirits and exist in a dimension outside of our physical time-space reality.

The sitters are usually seated around a table and hold hands while concentrating on the spirits they wish to communicate with.

When the medium feels the presence of spirit energy enter the room, the sitters may then ask questions or send messages through the medium.

Believers, paranormal investigators and most board users believe that spirits are using the sitters' energy and their own energy to move the planchette.

People need dog sitters and pet companions.

The sheet also doubles as an itinerary for any possible house sitters or family members who need to know where you are.