(sitting) in the catbird seat

phrase

US, informal

: in a very good position

The team was (sitting) in the catbird seat after winning 10 games in a row.

Examples of (sitting) in the catbird seat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Toronto was in the catbird seat, just six outs away from the Fall Classic. — Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025

Carter Jensen always dreamed of sitting in the catbird seat at Kauffman Stadium. — Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025

Brandefy’s Meg Pryde, a pioneer helping drive dupe culture, is positioned in the catbird seat as the beauty industry recalibrates. — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025

With memory giants like Samsung and SK Hynix cranking up production to keep pace with Nvidia’s Blackwell ramp, Lam is sitting in the catbird seat. — John Buckingham, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025

William Byron, on the other hand, is in the catbird seat among Hendrick Motorsports drivers and sits with a seven-point cushion above the cutoff line. — Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024

Wall Street's greatest bugaboo When interest rates were abnormally low, Wall Street was in the catbird seat - filling investors' income needs with stuff. — John S. Tobey, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022

The company makes packaging, which should put it in the catbird seat as e-commerce became many people’s go-to during the pandemic. — Brett Owens, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022