The arguments continued in loud voices, but still the monk sat silently and no one took any notice.

Ordinary members of the order are buried at the lower level where the monks sat on benches against the walls for their meetings.

The two monks sat, staring eerily at her through the gloom.

Alongside him sit the four other monks, who wait patiently as he speaks.

A wise old monk sat down and spoke with me a while.

The monks sat at their places in the refectory, but lamps burned on each table, for it was night.

Once a young monk sat to dinner with Ryōkan and watched him eat fish.

The old monk sat to his meal with obvious relish.

The young monk sat quietly and very still, lost in her own contemplations.

A monk sat on an iron bench before another bank of the overgrown roses.