recline
verb (used without object)
to lean or lie back; rest in a recumbent position.
are reclining
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present progressiveof recline.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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The rest look like they are reclining after a big meal.
From Time ● Feb. 23, 2012
But those who are reclining do not rise, and none of them decline to be caressed by the hand, or seem indifferent to the compliments addressed to them.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various
Hurricane Bob and I are reclining among our rugs on the broad coupé.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Gordon Stables
From the basin which receives the water, a brook flows toward the background, where it spreads out into a lake, in which naiads are seen bathing and on the banks of which sirens are reclining.
From A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel
Thus, at this moment, I behold Hadidjé leave the water, and saunter quietly in the direction of Nazli and Zouhra, who are reclining on cushions and smoking cigarettes.
From French and Oriental Love in a Harem by Paul Avril
