Example Sentences

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The team also discovered the remains of a roofed theatre, which could have seated 1,500 people.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2023

We adjourned for lunch, indoors, in a U-shaped villa, at a long table that could have seated twenty.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 6, 2020

The sides are believed to have focused on a stadium that would have seated about 37,000 and cost about $700 million.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2018

In retrospect, the defendants commented that it was unprecedented for Boldt to have seated the jury before checking to see that both defense and prosecution were present and ready to begin the day’s proceedings.

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2018

Winterfell's Great Hall could have seated ten times the number.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin