reclining

Example Sentences

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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

A grotesque, charred silhouette, reclining, with one knee raised, as if lounging on one of Marseille's nearby beaches.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

The show ends with the reconstituted fragments of the giant reclining Vishnu sculpture, of which around 15 feet of the head, arms, shoulders and legs remain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

The name “Groyper” comes from a meme, a plump, reclining version of the internet’s “Pepe the Frog.”

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2025

But then he started up and was soon way above me, reclining at the top of the tree and killing time until I arrived.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer