- present participle of recline.
reclining
Example Sentences
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“These are sounds that can make you go mad, apparently,” Morton, 49, tells me, reclining on her bed at the Hotel Chelsea in New York.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
She has talked about how she brought a reclining chair into management team meetings at Meta, where she previously led the Facebook app, to make sure her blood pressure didn’t drop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
At a pagoda in the suburb of Amarapura, a statue of a reclining Buddha emerges from a carefully arranged pile of brick rubble, its face respectfully cleaned.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
Clinton swimming with Ghislaine Maxwell in one undated photo; reclining in the hot tub next to the person whose face has been blacked out.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
“Order anything you like,” Enoch said, picking up a telephone that was attached to the arm of a reclining chair.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
