Other aging leaders of the Uruguayan left were seated in the benches reserved for members of Congress, with their eyes glistening or wiping tears from their faces.

The new communicants, with their clear, reverent faces, were beautiful to look upon as they entered in a body and took the front benches reserved for them.

He escorted her to the benches reserved for the litigants, handed her to a seat, and then returned to his post.

Nylan took a sip of the ale, which was surprisingly cool and bitter, and sat, straddling the end of the bench clearly reserved for him.

The benches along the northern wall, reserved for elders, are slightly elevated.

A bench reserved for the general public was only half-filled for most of the afternoon session.

To his surprise sitting in front of his mother on the benches reserved for distinguished visitors was Alison McKenzie, her arms folded on the balcony.

We were on the principal's bench, reserved for wrong-thinkers and troublemakers.

The bench reserved for the accused was empty.

There are three rows of benches reserved for public seating, which are generally taken on a first-come first-serve basis except where it is reserved by counsel or parties in the appeal.