cross-legged
adverb or adjective
ˈkrȯs-ˌle-gəd 
-ˌlā-;
-ˌlegd,
-ˌlāgd
1
: with legs crossed and knees spread wide apart
2
: with one leg placed over and across the other
Examples of cross-legged in a Sentence
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That’s the way the ground lay that June 1955 morning in Glen Burnie, when the girl sat cross-legged on her bed, the letter from her old teacher clutched in her fist.
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Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
As the sun begins to set over the Himalayan peaks in the distance, Avinash Yadav sits cross-legged in a makeshift outdoor kitchen, crushing stark green leaves in his palm.
—Arbab Ali & Nadeem Sarwar, Saveur, 18 Apr. 2024
The first of Turner's slides includes a photograph of anti-war activists sitting cross-legged at an intersection in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood, arms interlocked.
—Dell Cameron, WIRED, 12 Mar. 2024
The 26-inch-wide diameter is perfect for one child to sit cross-legged while careening downhill.
—Heather Balogh Rochfort, Parents, 26 Feb. 2024
McIntyre even sat down, cross-legged, to cut portions of his promo.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Is her mother close to her, across the room washing her face, or cross-legged on the toilet seat?
—Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star, 18 Feb. 2024
My daughter, sitting cross-legged in the passenger seat of our idling van, cocked an ear in my direction.
—Amory Rowe Salem and Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 9 Jan. 2024
Shirlee sat cross-legged in the middle of her bedroom floor, between the bunk beds, rolling them something to smoke.
—Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
As the sun begins to set over the Himalayan peaks in the distance, Avinash Yadav sits cross-legged in a makeshift outdoor kitchen, crushing stark green leaves in his palm.
—Arbab Ali & Nadeem Sarwar, Saveur, 18 Apr. 2024
The first of Turner's slides includes a photograph of anti-war activists sitting cross-legged at an intersection in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood, arms interlocked.
—Dell Cameron, WIRED, 12 Mar. 2024
The 26-inch-wide diameter is perfect for one child to sit cross-legged while careening downhill.
—Heather Balogh Rochfort, Parents, 26 Feb. 2024
McIntyre even sat down, cross-legged, to cut portions of his promo.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Is her mother close to her, across the room washing her face, or cross-legged on the toilet seat?
—Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star, 18 Feb. 2024
My daughter, sitting cross-legged in the passenger seat of our idling van, cocked an ear in my direction.
—Amory Rowe Salem and Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 9 Jan. 2024
Shirlee sat cross-legged in the middle of her bedroom floor, between the bunk beds, rolling them something to smoke.
—Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
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“Cross-legged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cross-legged. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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