How to Use catbird seat in a Sentence

catbird seat

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  • The Falcons now sit in the catbird seat with the No. 4 pick.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Even with all of the congressional turnover — and the prospect that more could be coming — the GOP still sits in the catbird seat in Texas.
    — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Show up early to grab a beer and a seat in the gallery windows, a catbird seat for people watching.
    — Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2017
  • This, combined with Jupiter (Mr. Lucky) in your sign, places you directly in the catbird seat.
    — Minerva, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2018
  • This, combined with Jupiter (Mr. Lucky) in your fun house, places you directly in the catbird seat.
    — SFChronicle.com, 28 July 2019
  • Now there is a new voice in the Packers’ catbird seat, Brian Gutekunst.
    — Andrew Brandt, SI.com, 9 Jan. 2018
  • That’s the call from the catbird seat, where folks are furious about the lack of action on the diamond and at hitters who whiff at record paces.
    — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 June 2021
  • The company makes packaging, which should put it in the catbird seat as e-commerce became many people’s go-to during the pandemic.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
  • If the tastemakers ever likewise catch up with Kreindler, the baseball historians and fans who got there first will rise from their catbird seats behind home plate and make room for them, under the lights.
    — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Publicly the Communist Party acts like this market dominance puts it in the economic catbird seat.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Baltimore's loss Sunday vaults Pats into their familiar catbird seat by virtue of a conference record (6-1) that supersedes those of the Ravens and Titans.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2021
  • In common parlance, sitting in the catbird seat is having an advantage or position of power, perhaps an unseen one.
    — Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 18 July 2019
  • Known as a top-notch recruiter and motivator, Orgeron impressively assembled a staff and a team — while adjusting his own coaching philosophy — to put the Tigers in the catbird seat.
    — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Sep. 2020

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