recline
verb (used without object)
to lean or lie back; rest in a recumbent position.
am reclining
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present progressiveof recline (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am reclining on our lanai, looking out toward the surf . . . and wondering just who is John McLatchie?
From Time Magazine Archive
This is a couch all heaped with gorgeous silken cushions, pink and blue and crimson and gold, and I am reclining gracefully on it.
From Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
