sitting-up

His movements were slow, fumbling, and inaccurate, accompanied by panting and head-swimming, as he dragged himself into a sitting-up position in the stern, his rifle beside him.

Chapter VIII 2010

And for Malle a kind fo "sitting-up exercise" for Le Feu Follet -- his "long walk" masterpiece.

Elevator to the Gallows Ed Howard 2008

Lewis sat cross-legged, crammed in the corner of the tiny shelter, lost in what looked like meditation but could have been a sitting-up nap for all I knew.

Thin Air Rachel Caine 2007

Be glad you can't sleep sitting up--I evolved the ability as an exhausted undergrad to sleep anywhere at any time, and this means I now have to struggle to stay awake in all kinds of exhausting sitting-up situations hour three of the remote meeting in the warm, dark room with the comfy chairs...

home 2006

My girls always burped best when I put them in a sitting-up position.

The Gallagher Guide To The Baby Years Stephanie Gallagher 2004

He would go for his walk, which was a good vigorous two-mile fast walk or more than two miles, come back and do some sitting-up exercises and have a rub-down, and then have a drink.

Truman 1992

The ox-wagon carries, with comfort, four lying-down cases on stretchers, or six without stretchers; or twenty sitting-up cases.

Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins

The mule - or buck-wagon, which is of the same class but smaller, can only accommodate two stretchers, four lying-down men without stretchers, or 12-14 sitting-up cases.

Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins

Last journey a man with asthma and bronchitis was, unfortunately as it turned out, given a top bunk, as he was considered too bad to be a sitting-up case.

Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 Anonymous

Croucher of the Cyclists in a portion of his body that made him swear when he was classed as a "sitting-up case."

Adventures of a Despatch Rider William Henry Lowe Watson