footrest
Americannoun
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footrests
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Sure, you can recline the seat or pop up a footrest, but no adjustments you can make will compare to sleeping in a real horizontal bed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
A year later, I still have my pile of library books, tucked in a box that I use as a footrest at my desk.
From The Verge ● Mar. 11, 2021
In the movie’s most ferocious scene, the chair rises up on its footrest and launches an attack, eyes aglow.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2019
And I kept being confused by weird air effects down around my footrest; it seemed like I had dropped something that was twisting around my ankles.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2019
It now has big wheels, a padded seat, and a broader footrest, plus a serious seat belt and a hand brake for safety.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
Perched in a captain’s chair, a padded-leather lounger with two footrests, he spins the Teresa around and drives into the larger vessel’s wake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2021
The Motorrad Vision, meanwhile, would have a throttle and footrests like a traditional motorbike.
From The Verge ● Sep. 9, 2021
Moira: Yes, the chairs are super-cushy, and the footrests go up nice and high, so you’re basically watching the movie while comfortably sprawled.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2019
They’re as big as the lounge chairs in the renovated chains, but they don’t recline; they have footrests like barbershop chairs, and you have to sort of climb into them.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2017
“I’ll just go back,” I say as she raises my footrests.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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