straightbacked

Lydia sat down on the straightbacked chair near the desk and met her falling face with rising hands.

The Houseguest Thomas Berger 2008

She was sitting very straightbacked, very elegant beside the fireplace.

Unforgiven Balogh, Mary 1998

But for the most part, dark shapes of motionless bodies were curled into the straightbacked wooden benches, seeking comfort they couldn't possibly find.

Moon Shadow Stewardson, Dawn 1991

Richly patterned carpets had been laid on the desert sand and heaped with tasseled cushions upon which, alert and straightbacked, sat King Abdullah.

Lace Shirley Conran 1982

Richly patterned carpets had been laid on the desert sand and heaped with tasseled cushions upon which, alert and straightbacked, sat King Abdullah.

Lace Shirley Conran 1982

Richly patterned carpets had been laid on the desert sand and heaped with tasseled cushions upon which, alert and straightbacked, sat King Abdullah.

Lace Shirley Conran 1982

Richly patterned carpets had been laid on the desert sand and heaped with tasseled cushions upon which, alert and straightbacked, sat King Abdullah.

Lace Shirley Conran 1982

Richly patterned carpets had been laid on the desert sand and heaped with tasseled cushions upon which, alert and straightbacked, sat King Abdullah.

Lace Shirley Conran 1982

Richly patterned carpets had been laid on the desert sand and heaped with tasseled cushions upon which, alert and straightbacked, sat King Abdullah.

Lace Shirley Conran 1982

“Yes, of course,” she remembered and followed the woman into a small office cubicle, where she was seated in a straightbacked chair.

Nightway Janet Dailey 1981