How to Use cross-legged in a Sentence

cross-legged

adverb or adjective

• Blair needs help getting on the floor to sit cross-legged to play.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The other dancers, aged 11 to 16, sit cross-legged on the linoleum floor talking about social media.
  — Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 5 June 2024
• That’s the way the ground lay that June 1955 morning in Glen Burnie, when the girl sat cross-legged on her bed, the letter from her old teacher clutched in her fist.
  — Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
• 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
• 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
• McIntyre even sat down, cross-legged, to cut portions of his promo.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
• 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
• 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
• Arnold held her daughter June, 7 months, in one arm and daughter Sage, 3, in the other, sitting cross-legged on a rug.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
• Others sit cross-legged and motionless on four-tiered metal bunks that line the cells.
  — David Culver, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
• 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
• Valentina Loca and her archnemesis Leslie Michelle sit cross-legged on the ground, side by side.
  — Jared Quigg, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2023
• In one snap, a smiling McCarthy sat cross-legged, surrounded by what appeared to be cast mates and crew for the movie.
  — Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
• 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
• 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
• Inside, hundreds of young men — some barely in their teens — sat cross-legged on woven mats.
  — Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
• The women now sit together cross-legged inside the center and weave with dyed bunches of fiber at their sides.
  — Megha Kapoor, Vogue, 8 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
• As the sun begins to set over the Himalayan peaks in the distance, Avinash Yadav sits cross-legged in a makeshift outdoor kitchen, crushing stark green leaves in his palm.
  — Arbab Ali & Nadeem Sarwar, Saveur, 18 Apr. 2024
• In the photo, Stone sat cross-legged on a rug while wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans as Cosmo bent his knees to give his godmother a peck.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
• At the end of a recent tour, Rabbi Yoshi Zimmerman tries to achieve a breakthrough with high school students who sit cross-legged and stone-faced on the floor.
  — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
• 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
• In one extreme test involving a wide step and cross-legged maneuver, Cassie failed to recover.
  — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026
• Nellie sat cross-legged on her bed, tugging her knees into her chest.
  — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 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