recline
verb (used without object)
to lean or lie back; rest in a recumbent position.
had reclined
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past perfectof recline.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She had reclined too long on satin cushions, letting oxen bear her hither and yon.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
She had turned from him, and then had reclined wearily in the chair opposite him, whence she had been staring at him with a tormenting feeling of impotence.
From Making People Happy by Harrison Fisher
But no one as yet was in sight on the wooden balcony where so many times he had reclined, watching the arrival and departure of the ships.
From Maximina by Armando Palacio Valdés
We had filled "avant scène" boxes until the drama became a bore, and had reclined in cafés until their smoke became a nuisance.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various
Mariana, who had reclined herself by the side of Adrian, took up the lute, and, after a short prelude, sung the words thus imperfectly translated:— The Song of the Florentine Lady.
From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
