How to Use sedentary in a Sentence

sedentary

adjective

• The work is very sedentary.
• Editing the dictionary is a sedentary job.
• He became sedentary later on in his life.
• Their health problems were caused by their sedentary lifestyles.
• We simply weren’t meant to be sedentary for so much of the day.
  — Ashira Prossack, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
• Even the most sedentary kid will get up and get active if a trip to the pool is on the agenda.
  — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2018
• And sedentary lifestyles are the norm in the Western world, most of us are sitting for about 80% of the day.
  — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2024
• That’s about four hours a day of being sedentary, slack-jawed, and glassy-eyed.
  — Krista Langlois, Outside Online, 19 Jan. 2021
• These two positions added up to over a third of the Hadza's sedentary time.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2020
• And the ones who were more likely to go the full seven days were also the more sedentary ones.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2017
• While many bought Peloton bikes, there were a lot of folks who led sedentary lives.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2021
• Many of those killed were sedentary farmers, mostly from the Bachama tribe.
  — The Economist, 7 June 2018
• The muscles in the backs of the legs become shortened due to sitting and a sedentary lifestyle.
  — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2020
• The move transformed the tidal estuary at the heart of the city into a sedentary river.
  — Courtney Humphries, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• In the older sedentary people, the output of new T cells from the thymus glands was low.
  — Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2018
• That has caused me to become very sedentary pretty much all day and night.
  — Casey Johnston, SELF, 18 Sep. 2018
• The runner in my photo is now sedentary and unable to stand on his own.
  — John Tlumacki, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
• This would be true for a bodybuilder and a sedentary non-athlete of the same weight, height, and age, Heymsfield notes.
  — Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 1 Oct. 2024
• Sick bats also can appear sedentary or flop around on the ground.
  — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2021
• But a grey future is no excuse for a sedentary present.
  — The Economist, 5 Apr. 2018
• That tends to mean that children spend more time in front of screens, sedentary and often snacking.
  — Kim Tingley, New York Times, 24 June 2021
• The study found 75% live a sedentary lifestyle and 40% are considered obese.
  — John D. Stoll, WSJ, 21 June 2019
• Some species in the southern part of the country do not, remaining sedentary year-round.
  — Emma Stein, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2022
• Patrick Bisch, who co-owns The Open Bottle, said the craft beer lifestyle can too often be sedentary.
  — Bill Jones, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2022
• After all, Afremow says, no one was born to be sedentary.
  — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
• With the birth of a more sedentary lifestyle, humans had time for something other than their next meal.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 13 Oct. 2023
• For most of the cities in the path of the storm, including Houston, a sedentary stoicism seemed the most reasonable response.
  — The Economist, 2 Sep. 2017
• And, as for many people, that led to a more sedentary lifestyle, chained to the desk, with no meetings outside the house or walks to lunch with colleagues.
  — Bernard J. Wolfson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2020
• People tend to move less and live more sedentary lifestyles when working from home.
  — Niels Martin Brochner, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
• Breaking up sedentary or repetitive activities with stretch breaks can prevent the accumulation of fatigue and tension that causes soreness in the first place.
  — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 29 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Jan 2025