reclined

Example Sentences

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I got comfy and spent much of the trip with the seat reclined.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Ann Haeckl reclined on a cot — an American Red Cross blanket pulled over her — while her brother John sat nearby.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2025

For a decade, my therapy appointments required a 30-minute train ride to a mid-rise medical office building in suburban Philadelphia, where I reclined on a black leather couch, grabbing the occasional Kleenex.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2024

And this week a Hong Kong couple were banned by Cathay Pacific after tensions flared over a reclined seat.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024

With a hammer and two threepenny nails in hand, Stella Armijo emerged from her low adobe farmhouse one morning while Herbie reclined on his front stoop trying to read a book.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols