supine

Example Sentences

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Whether it's cosy fare to view by the fire or in a supine position – or a gentle comedy that you can share with family, we've got you.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2024

Walker emphasized the position of her body when authorities found it, supine below the staircase with her right foot splayed on a lower stair.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2023

"They do not at the moment. They are too supine, too incurious, too compliant," he said.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2023

A hinged support slowly elevates a supine patient into a partial sitting position.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

He was lying supine, in just the trousers of his pajamas, a lighted cigarette in his right hand.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger