Example Sentences

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A female lion who had been reclining in a stall sauntered out.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2018

Are we here?” muttered the marquis, starting from the corner where he had been reclining.

From The Strollers by Fisher, Harrison

The constable looked as wise as he could, and took up his staff of office: which had been reclining indolently in the chimney-corner.

From Oliver Twist by Dickens, Charles

Wilhelmine rose from the divan on which she had been reclining.

From A Nest of Spies by Allain, Marcel

She sat up in the easy-chair in which she had been reclining.

From Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)