bench
noun
a long seat for several people.
Example Sentences
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Revelers lock arms and sing together, climbing onto benches to dance as entire sections of a tent seem to move as one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Tempers and emotions flared - despite a warning from the Speaker, Edwin Poots, to mind their manners - amid shouting across the packed benches.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Some rested on cots and benches with their dogs in hallways, while others lay with blankets on the floors of classrooms where desks and chairs were pushed to the side.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Until Ted benches her, however, she is a device, a measuring stick against which Ted and Rebecca stack their values.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
And she walks down the runway of benches like it’s no big deal.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
