My dictionary was sitting open, waiting for just such an emergency.

Now he noticed the scribe's case sitting open in a chair.

June's mouth sat open in a wide circle, and not a word crossed her lips.

For example, college students often study in crowded public areas, with their backpacks sitting open next to them.

On the desk in his pocket watch, sitting open, lid reared.

It sat open next to a bottle of fingernail polish.

A leather-bound guest book sat open on one of the counters.

The jeweler's box with the earrings he'd given her sat open on the dresser.

Climbing past officers' quarters, the group reached Control; the large double doors to the area sat open.

Now it sat open on the floor beside her.