Examples of “sedentary” in a Sentence

adjective Involving or characterised by much sitting and little physical activity.

• Years of sedentary office work left him stiff and out of condition.
• A sedentary lifestyle raises the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
• Doctors advise people with sedentary jobs to stand up and stretch often.

adjective Of an animal, staying in one place rather than migrating; of a species, fixed to a surface for most of its life.

• Unlike its migratory cousins, this warbler is sedentary and stays on the island all year.
• Barnacles are sedentary once they settle on the rock.
• These birds are sedentary and never leave the valley, even in winter.

adjective Of a people or way of life, settled in one place rather than moving from place to place.

• Farming allowed once-nomadic groups to become sedentary.
• The tribe gave up wandering and built a sedentary village by the river.
• In a sedentary society, families often stay in the same town for generations.