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How do you use Sedentary in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like inactive, plus the exact meaning.

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Sedentary in a sentence

Sedentary meaning

  1. Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.
  2. Living in a fixed geographical location; the opposite of nomadic.
  3. Not moving much; sitting around.

Synonyms of Sedentary

inactive

Related words

Other words often associated with Sedentary or its synonyms:

arrested passive dormant latent unreactive operational quiescent indolent sluggish nonoperational active flat

Using Sedentary

  • The main meaning on this page is: Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity. | Living in a fixed geographical location; the opposite of nomadic. | Not moving much; sitting around.
  • Useful related words include: inactive.
  • In the example corpus, sedentary often appears in combinations such as: sedentary lifestyle, more sedentary, the sedentary.

Context around Sedentary

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

increasingly 1× highly 1× increased 1× increasing 1× living 1× largely 1× relatively 1×

Often after:

lifestyle 11× lives 2× air 1× sessions 1× lifestyles 1× older 1× activity 1× society 1×

Sentence patterns with Sedentary

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a relatively sedentary society making 1× an increasingly sedentary lifestyle 1× and a sedentary lifestyle 1× become more sedentary air thickens 1× by our sedentary lifestyles and 1× considered highly sedentary 10 5 1× during the sedentary sessions however 1× exacerbated his sedentary lifestyle 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a 2015 meta 1× at this juncture 1× diabetes cases in 1× during the sedentary 1× fast forward to 1× for those considered 1×

Common sentence endings:

a sedentary lifestyle 2× 35 per cent 1× activity or lifestyle 1× adult research suggests 1× and parents did 1× and unhealthy diets 1×

Words around Sedentary

Just before it in the word index:

sedentarizing 2 sedensky 3 sedenions 3 sede 5 seddon 30 seddiqi 3

Just after it in the word index:

sedentism 2 seder 118 sederberg 2 sederholm 3 seders 16 sedes 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

admiring 128 aerosol 128 angolan 128 arya 128 babatunde 128 balmoral 128

Corpus analysis for Sedentary

  • In this selection, "sedentary" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, increasingly, highly, increased, lifestyle, lives and air stand out and add context to how "sedentary" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a relatively sedentary society making, an increasingly sedentary lifestyle and sedentary lifestyle. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sedentary" sits close to words such as admiring, aerosol and angolan, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sedentary

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

This is due to the sedentary activity or lifestyle. (9 words)

Sedentary lifestyle seeAlso A sedentary lifestyle plays a significant role in obesity. (12 words)

During the sedentary sessions, however, they followed one of five exercises prescribed by the researchers. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

The full results will be available in 2025, and the hope is that it will represent a new way of rejuvenating the minds and bodies of older people, and perhaps one day even all of us who lead largely sedentary lives. (41 words)

Meanwhile, millions of students across the nation are impacted by the Biden decision to strip funding from these programs, which comes at the same time America sees young people living sedentary lives and joining the national epidemic of obesity. (39 words)

You might not think that a kid needs to track that activity (or the motivation to move around at all), but in a relatively sedentary society, making movement a priority from a young age is still vital. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Leading a sedentary lifestyle: Many of people lead a much more sedentary lifestyle than their grandparents and parents did.

Sedentary lifestyle seeAlso A sedentary lifestyle plays a significant role in obesity.

A 2015 meta-analysis by researchers at Brigham Young University confirms that loneliness is indeed as deadly a risk factor as obesity, smoking or a sedentary lifestyle.

Along with a sedentary lifestyle, minimal time in nature, and a lower sense of community, our diets have the biggest impact on our health.

Diabetes cases in India are climbing as markets gush with processed and high carbohydrate foods; lifestyles become more sedentary; air thickens with pollution; stress levels grow unmanageable.

During the sedentary sessions, however, they followed one of five exercises prescribed by the researchers.

Fast forward to today, where the sitting desk is ubiquitous and has inadvertently contributed to an increasingly sedentary lifestyle.

For those considered highly sedentary (10.5 hours a day or more), an additional ten minutes lowered mortality risk by up to 35 per cent.

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His eating led him to withdraw from his family and friends, which only exacerbated his sedentary lifestyle.

In addition to population getting older people seem to be getting sick at younger ages mostly driven by our sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy diets.

Increased sedentary time in childhood can raise cholesterol levels by two thirds as an adult, research suggests.

Increasing sedentary or inactive lifestyles and their potentially fatal have forced more people to become more concerned about their health and begin making healthier life choices.

Meanwhile, millions of students across the nation are impacted by the Biden decision to strip funding from these programs, which comes at the same time America sees young people living sedentary lives and joining the national epidemic of obesity.

Often, these outcomes trace back at least in part to what public health researchers call health risk behaviors - things like smoking, poor eating habits and a sedentary lifestyle.

The full results will be available in 2025, and the hope is that it will represent a new way of rejuvenating the minds and bodies of older people, and perhaps one day even all of us who lead largely sedentary lives.

There’s an easier route: a new study in sedentary older adults found that just increasing their daily step tally, from 4,000 to 7,000, reduced blood pressure by as much as medication.

This is due to the sedentary activity or lifestyle.

While the positive mental impacts of the exercise were new for me, considering I’ve preferred a sedentary lifestyle for much of the past 27 years, the effects are well-documented by researchers.

You might not think that a kid needs to track that activity (or the motivation to move around at all), but in a relatively sedentary society, making movement a priority from a young age is still vital.

At this juncture, it is compelling to throw insight into what sedentary lifestyle is all about.

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These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:

Common combinations with sedentary

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sedentary" in a sentence?
An example: "Leading a sedentary lifestyle: Many of people lead a much more sedentary lifestyle than their grandparents and parents did." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "sedentary" from authentic English texts.
What does "sedentary" mean?
Sedentary means: Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.
What are synonyms of "sedentary"?
Common synonyms of "sedentary" include: inactive.
How many example sentences with "sedentary" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "sedentary", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.