Reclined

Examples

• She was sitting near the window, with her head reclined on her hand, and appeared more than usually pensive. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• She reclined, propped up, from mere habit, on a couch: as nearly in her old usual attitude, as anything so helpless could be kept in. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• She reclined over the garden gate as if to refresh herself awhile. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Mr and Mrs Sparkler had been dining alone, with their gloom cast over them, and Mrs Sparkler reclined on a drawing-room sofa. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Brilliant cloths of many hues and strange patterns formed the soft cushion covering of the dais upon which they reclined about her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Reclined at length on a couch, in her new apartment, Fanny's spirits appeared so much improved as to encourage hopes which had become extinct. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Fanny was sitting on the sofa with her head reclined on the pillow. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• As soon as we were alone, my aunt reclined on the sofa, and then alluded, with some appearance of confusion, to the subject of her Will. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But he now reclined on his settle, taking very little notice of me, and talking principally about turnips. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I reclined my head on his shoulder, in order to talk to him with less formality. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The old Demarch reclined in a capacious chair beside the fountain, smoothing the golden hair of Helena, who was seated at his feet. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Their heads were all reclined, either to the right, or the left; one of their eyes turned inward, and the other directly up to the zenith. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

Edited by Bryan