The bishops themselves seemed attentive enough, but many of those watching from the tiered benches along the walls wore stormy faces.

Inside, ranchers of all generations as well as feed-lot operators and spectators, sit clustered round the pit on tiered wooden benches.

Tables had been moved aside, and various Arachnians sat on the tiered benches.

The stands, which were really a series of stepped or tiered benches each about twenty feet long and twelve high, were arranged in a large circle around the ring.

The room was lined with tiered benches surrounding the squat stone firebox.

Serfs filled the tiered benches.

The tiered benches of the bowl chamber were filling with people.

Dressed in flowing scarlet robes and wigs that erased individuality, the peers entered in order of precedence and seated themselves on the tiered benches.

The bathers would sit or lay on three-level tiered wooden benches, which allow for dramatically different temperatures at the various heights.

In fact, I now saw that these were tiered benches, the ones behind set higher than those before, so that the Knights could all see clearly into the arena.