reclined

Example Sentences

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Reclined on a hospital bed in Arlington, Texas, with plastic tubes snaking from her nose and pneumonia in both of her lungs, the 57-year-old had a message for everyone doubting the need for covid-19 restrictions.

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2020

Reclined on a bench during the games on Sunday, Mr. Rowe held a microphone and narrated each play as he has since 2008, conversing with the audience and doling out signature catchphrases.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2014

Reclined on an ottoman, in a deep recess, and intently engaged with a book, rested what seemed the counterpart of that so lovely flower.

From The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

When the upper part is bent down upon the lower, as the young blade in the Tulip-tree is bent upon the leaf-stalk, it is said to be Inflexed or Reclined in vernation.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

All bare and exposed to the midnight dews, Reclined in a gutter we found him; And he looked like a gentleman taking a snooze With his Marshall cloak around him.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert