desk-bound
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The Pinions’ full-time jobs are fast-paced and desk-bound.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2021
When her partner falls off the grid and another top agent is compromised, a desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go deep under cover as the world’s newest and unlikeliest secret weapon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2019
To achieve similar results with other phones, you’ll have to get a portable DAC or stick to using it at home with a desk-bound DAC.
From The Verge ● Apr. 9, 2019
And spend as little time sitting down as practical, particularly by breaking up desk-bound work with five minute breaks every hour.
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2016
It’s the most Wilford Brimley-esque role Ford has yet played—not an aging action hero but a straight-up, desk-bound old guy—and his performance, broad as it is, has a gruff emotional directness.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2013
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