Examples of “seat” in a Sentence

noun A piece of furniture or part of one designed for a person to sit on.

• Is this seat taken, or may I sit here?
• Please take a seat while you wait.
• The car has heated seats in the front.

noun A position or place, such as membership of a parliament, board, or committee.

• She gave up her seat on the board after ten years.
• She won a seat in the local council election.
• He has held his seat in parliament for over a decade.

verb To cause someone to sit down, or to have space for a certain number of people to sit.

• The ushers will seat latecomers during the first interval.
• The waiter seated us near the window.
• The new stadium seats sixty thousand fans.