be recumbent
Example Sentences
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Besides the excellent pictures at the high altar, there are two portrait brasses which were meant to be recumbent, but which are stood up against the wall, perhaps to their surprise, without loss of impressiveness.
From Familiar Spanish Travels by William Dean Howells
No general rule can be laid down, but undoubtedly most of these slabs were meant to be recumbent.
From Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford
When in bed, the mother ought always to be recumbent while the child is at the breast, held upon the arm of the side upon which she lies.
From The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by George H. (George Henry) Napheys
