footrest
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Sure, you can recline the seat or pop up a footrest, but no adjustments you can make will compare to sleeping in a real horizontal bed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
The seat, footrest, and handle are all very compact.
From The Verge ● Jul. 7, 2022
West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin III used the shelf under his desk as a footrest.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2020
In the movie’s most ferocious scene, the chair rises up on its footrest and launches an attack, eyes aglow.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2019
I strapped the life jacket that had been attached to the footrest oar to the base of the mast.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
There are high chairs with built-in footrests, to give a clear view from the back of Victorian balconies where front-row patrons would once have sat directly on a low step.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2022
Two years into the work-from-home revolution, there’s more competition than ever on everything from desks to webcams to monitors to footrests, and that gives DeskTubers a new world of gadgets to test.
From The Verge ● Aug. 3, 2022
Perched in a captain’s chair, a padded-leather lounger with two footrests, he spins the Teresa around and drives into the larger vessel’s wake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2021
Each motorcycle had its passenger footrests down in honor of their extra “riders.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2018
I lean back in my seat, lift my feet onto the footrests, and fold my hands in my lap.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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