Reclining
[rɪ'klaɪnɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position.
Checked by Annabelle--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recline
(a.) Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular.
(a.) Recumbent.
Inputed by Huntington
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Leaning, recumbent.[2]. Resting, reposing.
Inputed by Kurt
Examples
- Lady Brackenstall was reclining on the same couch, but looked brighter than before. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- However, there I was, reclining, with my art-treasures about me, and wanting a quiet morning. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The constable looked as wise as he could, and took up his staff of office: which had been reclining indolently in the chimney-corner. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- A tall, dark-eyed, sallow woman, half rose from a couch on which she was reclining. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Why,' said he, 'there was nothing suspicious; but--I don't know how it happened, mind--she certainly was reclining in his arms. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I felt some uneasiness in a reclining posture. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Eustacia did not recognize Mrs. Yeobright in the reclining figure, nor Clym as one of the standers-by till she came close. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Round him upon the slopes of the Barrow a number of heathmen and women were reclining or sitting at their ease. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Poor Lady Verinder (reclining thoughtlessly on her own sofa cushions) glanced at the book, and handed it back to me looking more confused than ever. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Reclining far back in a deep arm-chair by the bedside, she was withdrawn from view. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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